Public Health

Reducing childhood and teenage obesity could save more than $7 billion in lifetime costs, but decision makers are prioritising short-term solutions over long-term strategies,

Anxious new parents and carers will be protected from being "preyed on" by baby formula manufacturers using "shady" and "irresponsible" marketing

National drinking water guidelines for potential cancer-causing chemicals are set to be tightened after increasing discoveries of PFAS in water sources. Draft

Tooth decay issues among young children in England are "truly Dickensian," a minister says as he warns there is no overnight fix for dentistry in the United Kingdom.

Overseas doctors will be able to treat Australian patients sooner as a shortage of general practitioners causes wait times to blow out. Qualified medical specialists

Major private insurers are "robbing" the public health system while recording huge profits, the NSW treasurer says, as he ups the ante to force full payment of hospital

The prevalence of a highly infectious eye disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has declined by 87 per cent, data shows. Active trachoma

Australia's hospitals should switch to safer, cheaper clean energy as part of a nationwide health response to climate change, experts say. An all-electric

Australians are being charged more for a trip to the doctor, despite a tripling of bulk-billing incentive payments. An annual survey of more than 3000 GPs and

Alex Brown was all set to become an engineer when his older sister convinced him to take a different path. While still in high school, Professor Brown went

Vapes will only be available from behind the counter at pharmacies under changes to stop younger generations being hooked on nicotine. Reforms coming into effect

Private health insurers are failing to pay their fair share of the bill for public-hospital stays, costing NSW taxpayers $140 million each year, the state government says.

Patients are forking out more money to see the GP despite incentive payments for bulk billing being tripled. The Royal Australian College of GPs Health of the

On the way home from hospital for lingering headaches, George Diamond told his dad he was being overprotective and needed to have more faith in the doctors treating him.

Next to imposing red-brick classrooms at a rural high school sits a quaint grey house with lush cottage gardens and a rainbow sign by the front door. Once a

Blood demand is at a 12-year high and plasma is even more in need, sparking a call for Australians to roll up their sleeves. The Red Cross is urging 100,000

Immunocompromised Australians will have free access to the shingles vaccine in an expansion of the immunisation program. The free vaccine program will now be

A more "assertive" approach is needed to crack down on stores illegally selling vapes, the federal health minister says, with many outlets still breaking the law.

As soon as Lilly Castor found out she was pregnant, she imagined a future filled with family adventures and tales from the school yard. When her son Vincent

Authorities say water in the Blue Mountains remains safe after independent testing allegedly found synthetic PFAS chemicals 50 times higher than Australian drinking water