Health Policy

Most young people would support a tax being slapped on sugary drinks if the money was used to subsidise fruit and vegetables or exercise facilities, a study has found.

The South Australian government will look to make savings of more than $270 million across the state's public

Stephen Duckett, Grattan

Couples and families may be missing out on medical rebates by not registering for the Medicare Safety Net, Human Services Minister Michael Keenan says.

Firefighters diagnosed with certain cancers in NSW will soon be able to claim compensation without having to prove themselves it was because of their work.

A new national standard, which offers guidance to patients, clinicians and health services, aims to reduce the number of unnecessary colonoscopies.

All tourists visiting Australia would be forced to take out health insurance under a proposal being spruiked by NSW. But the state's peak

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has called for adequate reimbursement for services provided by Nurse Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

A Senate committee has recommended the government consider allowing donation of genetic material to fight a rare disease affecting babies.

Victoria's health department will conduct a review over fears regional patients are being charged for free and urgent medical treatment.

New Australian guidelines for treating transgender adolescents could see more teens given hormone replacement therapy at a younger age. More

The winners of this year’s health budget are aged care, rural health and medical research.

A tamper-resistant tablet designed to stop drug users from crushing and then injecting a commonly-abused painkiller appears to be working, a new study shows.

New figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirm that the public hospital system is being privatised by stealth, as public hospitals increasingly

La Trobe University has secured more than $16 million in this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant awards. It is the largest amount

Milly Dunn, The

Negotiators from 11 countries have been racing to resurrect the near-dead Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Some of the sickest patients in Australia’s health system – including those suffering from cancer, heart disease or stroke – are about to be hit with another

The "overstretched" nurses and carers at nine Victorian Bupa nursing homes are set to stop work in a bid to improve staffing levels, wages and conditions.

Residents in aged care facilities are receiving substandard care due to inadequate staffing levels - a consequence of providers being permitted to self-determine adequate