Public Health

MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, "Telix") today announces that the first

It's estimated to affect over 800,000 Australians, with many more undiagnosed. According to national charity the Brain Foundation, it is the most common

Australian medical specialists are backing a "gold standard" review debunking a Trump administration call that taking paracetamol during pregnancy increases the

Two surgeons allegedly took secret payments to have public hospitals purchase or lease more than $2.8 million worth of medical equipment and surgical implants.

People living with depression are facing a major gap in treatment options as researchers discover why antidepressants might not be helping many address their symptoms.

SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative, commercial-stage global biotech

Holiday-makers to a Gold Coast resort are being urgently told to throw away a complimentary hand sanitiser after it was found to be contaminated with a toxic ingredient.

A "significant" quantity of poppy capsules looted from a legal crop may have made their way into the public domain with potentially lethal consequences.

A father-of-five who died after a blood clot and Q fever went undetected at a small rural hospital should have been transferred for specialised care, a coroner has found.

The breakthrough tackles a longstanding challenge in genetic medicine with the goal of developing a new generation of curative cell and gene therapies. Developed in

Oral weight-loss drugs could make up a third or more of the overall GLP-1 market ‍by 2030, a larger percentage than originally anticipated, a Novo Nordisk executive ​says.

Doctors are being urged to prescribe exercise alongside "miracle" weight-loss drugs to prevent devastating muscle and bone loss as millions more Australians gain

A "catastrophic" series of errors by medical staff during and after a surgical procedure led to a 48-year-old grandmother's death, a coroner has found.

A woman with an extremely rare condition who died in hospital after being admitted for weight loss surgery will never be forgotten, her family have vowed as they push for

Millions of Australians are sweltering through some of the hottest conditions in years as a perfect storm of heat and wind combine to bake much of the country.

Authorities are scrambling to contain emergency-level bushfires ahead of catastrophic fire conditions forecast for parts of Australia. The most intense heatwave

Both extreme heat and cold are responsible for one in 15 visits to the emergency department in Australia's biggest inland city. Canberra, known for both

Severe to extreme heatwaves will grip swathes of Australia, bringing conditions not seen since the Black Summer bushfires. For some areas across South Australia,

Just an eight-hour flight from Australia, a quiet transformation is taking shape. Healing rarely happens all at once. It is a gradual process, marked

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk is launching its once-daily Wegovy pill in the United States. It is offering 1.5 milligram and 4mg doses at $US149 ($A223) per