Up to 235 dental patients at Bundaberg Hospital may have been exposed to diseases after dental instruments were reused and not sterilised, says the Brisbane Times.   

One of three young men who pleaded guilty the bashing of former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal can expect one of “the highest sentences imposed on a 20-year-old” in Victoria, says the trial’s judge, the Hobsons Bay Leader reports.   

The Tasmanian Government has pledged to act on a new report showing above average rates of teenage pregnancy, expectant mothers' smoking and deaths from childhood injury in disadvantaged areas, reports the ABC.   

Scientists could be approaching a tipping point that proves the revolutionary power of stem cells, but Australian governments need to step up their contribution to research if they want to be part of it, Australian pioneer Alan Trounson says in The Age.   

WHO guidelines for hospitals dealing with swine flu were “useless” as they relied on patients having a fever, says Dr John Gerrard, head of medicine at Gold Coast Hospital and co-author of a Lancet study on the issue, in the Gold Coast News.   

The company tasked with managing Grafton’s new $5 million Super Clinic in northern NSW is tight-lipped about its exact location, writes The Daily Examiner.   

The WHO office in Fiji has confirmed it will begin distributing free swine flu vaccines next month, according to the Australia Network News.   

A public forum is to be held tonight at the Hervey Bay RSL in Queensland to discuss the region’s health issues, organised by the University of Southern Queensland, writes the Fraser Coast Chronicle.   

Health insurance membership rates have climbed to an eight year high as the Federal government again moves to reduce the tax rebates for high income earners with private health cover, according to The Age.   

Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry has been named as Victoria’s finalist in the Australian of the Year awards due to his work in the improvement of youth mental health, The Age says.