Diseases

A new online assessment tool will help identify Australians living with coeliac disease. It's feared more than a quarter of a million Australians

The Ross River virus risks becoming

Australian researchers have made an exciting discovery that could lead to the better treatment of those with mosquito-borne diseases like Ross River virus.

The number of indigenous children who die in intensive care from a severe infection is twice that of non-indigenous children. Indigenous children

Sjogren's syndrome, a chronic autoimmune disease, affects mainly women and in 2011 halted the career of Australian Open 2017 finalist Venus Williams. WHAT

Treatment to eradicate white spot disease has finished at five prawn farms in southeast Queensland where the infection was detected late last year.

Scientists in the US have warned about the spread of a 'nightmare' drug-resistant bacteria that appears to be flying under the radar.

Central Australian residents are being warned against a deadly soil disease following recent flooding in desert regions across the Northern Territory.

Three Brisbane children have been hospitalised with meningococcal

An international study, led by researchers in Australia, on Parkinson's disease has found early intervention before symptoms start to appear may be possible.

Western Australia's undiagnosed diseases program has exceeded expectations by diagnosing five out of seven children since it launched earlier this year.

A vaccine against HIV infection is closer to becoming a reality, University of Adelaide researchers say. Plenty of people battle the common

Australia's leading expert on ageing and musculoskeletal research says too many doctors are "ignorant" about the muscle-wasting disease Sarcopenia.

Research by a collaboration of five of Britain's top universities has yielded exciting progress in finding a cure for HIV, scientists say.

As summer nears, Australian rural healthcare workers are being advised to be on alert for a deadly brain disease after the death of a baby boy in Townsville.

High mosquito numbers are expected in WA as the weather warms up, with people urged to be alert and take precautions to avoid being bitten.

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Australian researchers have developed a needle-free strep throat and rheumatic heart disease vaccine that they will soon start trialling in humans.

A new vaccine, still in early developmental stages, provokes an amplified immune response in the body and may become a rapid response disease-fighter.

Doctors say a rapid uptake of a new antiviral drug treatment could result in hepatitis C being eliminated in Australia within a decade. Australia