Public Health

Children and teens who inhale dangerous household chemicals to get high are in the sights of the Queensland Health Minister, who says it's a national issue.

New Zealand smokers overwhelmingly support removing the nicotine from cigarettes to make them less addictive, a national survey has found. Eighty per cent of

A needle was reportedly found in a grape bought from a Victorian Aldi store and police are investigating, weeks after reports of spikes in strawberries.

Graphic images of black lungs, rotten teeth and cancerous mouths on cigarette packaging have lost their shock value, Queensland researchers say.

More Victorian women present to hospital emergency departments for pharmaceutical opioid harm than men as overall numbers surge, according to new data.

Smokers will need to butt out when visiting Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall after a ban was passed to let people breathe easier. Smoking

Health officials in South Australia have issued a warning after listeria was found in pastrami sold at a number of outlets. SA Health's

The Australian Medical Association has joined other international medical groups in recognising climate change as a "health emergency".

There were more than 1600 unintended overdose deaths in Australia in 2017, according to a drug research body, which argues the problem is "getting worse".

The number of young Australians choosing not to drink has increased by more than 50 per cent since 2013. The International Alliance for Responsible

Dodgy relish served at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is being blamed for nearly 40 people falling ill at an exclusive Anzac Day function. Investigators

For South Asians, there’s a distinct difference between “rice with curry” and “curry with rice”. When we

NSW Health says this year's flu season may have passed its peak, with the number of reported cases continuing to fall. The worst of this

More than 11,000 Australian lives in the past 10 years have been saved thanks to the generosity of organ and tissue donors and their families. The Minister

Smoked salmon believed to be from Tasmania is the likely cause of two fatal listeriosis cases in New South Wales and Victoria. Two elderly

Over recent months, the news has been saturated with headlines claiming we’re experiencing a “killer flu season”. Researchers watching laboratory

Inactivity in school children has been in the news again

The federal government is seeking a review of concentrated caffeine products after a Blue Mountains man died from caffeine toxicity. Lachlan

Smoking rates in Australia are at an all-time low. And yet, nearly 11,500 people are hospitalised from smoking-related cardiovascular

A UNSW psychology experiment has shown why it can be so hard to direct our attention away from cues that might lead to behaviour we’d like to avoid, like drinking alcohol