Public Health

Pregnant women will have free access to a vaccine to protect their newborns from the leading cause of hospitalisation for babies. Free vaccines against respiratory

Queensland's health system is under fire after a scathing audit revealed systemic failures, with the nurses union saying they sounded the alarm for years.

Significant reform is needed to Queensland's health system with a fresh audit exposing critical issues in its infrastructure, cybersecurity and patient care.

Queensland's health system is in need of urgent reform after years of systemic breakdowns across infrastructure, cybersecurity and patient care, a new audit has revealed.

Fewer GP clinics than ever are taking on new bulk-billed patients, prompting calls to increase Medicare funding and stem the decline. Australia's bulk-billing

Fewer GP clinics than ever will take new bulk-billed customers and out-of-pocket charges continue to rise, in data labelled concerning but not surprising. Healthcare

Network groupings for a state's 76 public health services have been unveiled but a cloud continues to hang over future funding levels. Health Minister Mary-Anne

DIOSynVax, a clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of developing innovative, broadly protective vaccines, built on the safety demonstrated by its "First

Parents juggling the responsibilities of caring for both ageing relatives and young children suffer from poorer mental and physical health over time, a British study shows.

For years, fitness-obsessed Australians have been forking out big bucks for costly protein powders that promise to help them lose weight and retain muscle mass.

Making it cheaper to see a doctor is expected to feature prominently in Labor's election pitch, with the federal health minister committed to strengthening Medicare before

Australians plan to be more frugal and trim down in 2025, but experts warn meaningful change will take sustained effort. Comparison website Finder surveyed

Sick customers who bought some cold and flu medications have been falsely assured their nasal congestion would be relieved, an Australian law firm alleges.

People have been told not to swim at many of Hobart's beaches after industrial waste from a chocolate factory hobbled a sewage treatment plant. TasWater

Cases of a life-threatening bacterial infection that can attack the lungs and brain have hit a 20-year high, prompting calls for the rollout of newer generation vaccines.

Danish pharma company Novo Nordisk, makers of weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, plans to expand production based on a takeover of US health products manufacturer Catalent,

The journey to becoming a doctor has been a long one for Torres Strait Islander man T'kido Titasey. Born in Atherton, north Queensland and growing up on

A damning report on emergency healthcare illustrates an urgent need to improve both GP affordability and hospital funding, medical groups say. Data released

Close to a million people attending hospital emergency departments each year agree they could have been treated elsewhere, a new report suggests. The survey

Australia will be at the top of the vaccine queue during future pandemics and first in line for the next generation of jabs targeting cancers, birth defects and other common