Elise Worthington

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Worthington |Gemma Breen

Patients of leading Australian IVF provider Genea say they have been left in the dark with some yet to receive communication from the company that there had been a data breach. Other angry patients have spent days trying to contact Genea with urgent clinical enquiries. At least one patient was told the disruption to communication meant their fertility testing couldn't be completed this month.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Worthington

A major IVF provider used by tens of thousands of patients has confirmed an "unauthorised third party" has accessed its data, five days after its phone lines went down and patients were left concerned their treatment could be affected. After enquiries from the ABC, a spokesperson for Genea confirmed on Wednesday afternoon the company was "urgently investigating a cyber incident after identifying suspicious activity" on the network.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Worthington

Australian Army snipers are highly trained and known for their critical thinking skills, precision and patience in hostile environments. But an ABC investigation has uncovered some have been exposed to unusually high levels of blast over-pressure from their own weapons during training, leaving them barely able to function. Sabra Lane: Australian Army snipers are highly trained and known for their critical thinking skills, precision and patience in hostile environments.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Worthington

Kimberly and her husband Dan*, 30, were sitting in their kitchen on a cold Melbourne morning when it first happened. Mid-conversation, Dan, a former Australian Army sniper, looked over at the mother of his three children and asked her who she was. "I could see the fear in his eyes," says Kimberley, a registered nurse. She started to panic. "I was like, 'Oh my God.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Worthington

New South Wales health authorities are investigating whether recent cases of suspected botulism caused by unregulated anti wrinkle products, and injected in an unlicensed premises, are linked to another case in Victoria last year. Three women who were injected by the same person at a Western Sydney home earlier this month became unwell with symptoms of the rare but potentially fatal nerve-paralysing illness last week.