Public Health

Businesses impacted by one of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdowns will receive $125 million from taxpayers after a state government agreed to settle the matter.

Australia's work towards gender equality is being watched closely by other nations as women and girls around the world face a rollback of hard-won rights.

Rachel Crozier would need to travel to the nearest city, 400km away, to access the healthcare she and her family need if it wasn't for vital help. The childcare

Twelve doctors, paramedics and nurses have been killed ‌in a strike on a primary healthcare centre in Lebanon, the head of the World Health Organisation says.

The Singaporean parent company of Optus is "deeply sorry" for the fatal triple-zero outage, but has deflected questions on foreign ownership of critical infrastructure.

Automated technology, clearer guidelines for health professionals and compact messaging similar to cigarette plain packaging have been cited as measures that could prevent

Shares in an leading ASX-listed biotech have lost nearly all of their value after its lead drug candidate failed as a lung cancer treatment. Immutep shares

From 100 to 600 patients: to support patients suffering from acne, Avène, Pierre Fabre Laboratories' leading brand, is strengthening the robustness of its clinical

Singtel board director Gail Kelly is expected to face a grilling at a parliamentary inquiry into Optus' fatal triple-zero outage. The September 18 outage,

Sick patients are facing record waiting times in public hospital emergency departments, with data showing performance has slumped to its worst level on record.

SYDNEY, March 4, 2026: New research from Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) highlights the slow introduction of AI into the healthcare sector in Australia, with very few of the people

Record numbers of emergency department patients are leaving hospital without finishing treatment, a survey of health data reveals. More than 79,000 patients

Tech-facilitated abuse and harassment has become normalised among young people, with advocates calling for better education to ensure people understand it's a crime.

A nursing home where almost half of its residents died after contracting COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic has been convicted and fined over five years after the

A man had not engaged in formal diabetes education for almost three decades before he suffered severe hypoglycaemia behind the wheel and killed five people.

A second royal commission into New Zealand's pandemic response has found "scars" were left by the government's handling of COVID-19, but on the whole it

Shares in Roche have dropped more than five per cent as ‌the Swiss drug maker failed to show its promising ‌drug candidate giredestrant against a common form of

Older Australians struggling to find aged care accommodation amid spiralling demand should have more options under a $115 million funding package, but advocates say much more

A judicial inquiry launched in ‌France after the death of a baby has shown ‌no link with the recalled Nestle infant formula ‌he had consumed, the Bordeaux prosecutor

The drop-off and pick-up line has become a cleaner, quieter place at the primary school Anthony Hull and Fiona Foo send their kids to. Parents now diligently