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Tuesday, November 28

Why driving tired is just as deadly as driving under the influence, study finds

Think it’s safe to drive if you’ve stayed awake all night without touching a drop of alcohol? Queensland academics Madeline Sprajecer and Drew Dawson have a stark warning as you join the throng heading home from Easter.

Emergency rooms run off their feet as 'toughest' Covid wave grows

Queensland emergency rooms are facing their toughest Covid-19 wave to date as sickness and worker fatigue aggravate staff shortages, a leading doctor says.

Health authorities have urged almost six million Australians to get vaccine boosters to ease pressure on hospitals and ensure greater personal protection from the virus. (AAP Image/Darren England)

Remember the virus: Covid fatigue pushes pandemic to background

Australia has the highest per capita Covid-19 infection rate in the world, with about 40 people dying from the virus every day but health authorities are concerned the pandemic has slipped off the national agenda.

Now a menace from the north: Ross River virus found in south-east Qld

Ross River virus has been detected in Queensland’s southeast, prompting a warning from a state Labor MP who has been living with the incurable disease for 25 years.

Weipa workers get a wake-up call in trials of hi-tech fatigue device

Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine will trial innovative technology to detect fatigue in workers.

Sleeping Cessna pilot sparked mid-air emergency over SEQ

A lone Cessna pilot fell asleep at the controls for at least 40 minutes while flying over the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane, causing a mid-air emergency that had other aircraft frantically trying to establish contact, an offical report into the incident has found.