Public Health

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

More Australian women will be able to access the contraceptive pill without a script from a general practitioner in a bid to save time and money. Ahead of International

Three years after he was denied funding for a mobility scooter, Lee Eastham remains limited in his travel options despite winning a lengthy court battle against the national

SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hua Medicine ("the Company", Hong Kong Stock Exchange Stock Code: 2552.HK) announced today that its global

SOMERSET, N.J., March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a global contract research organization specializing in strategic planning for

One in three NDIS participants use less than half their entitlements, new research shows, raising questions about whether billions of dollars in disability support reaches

Health authorities ignored their own guidelines about separating vulnerable patients from construction zones before two patients died of a fungal infection, secret documents

A push to list gambling as a public health risk has been backed by reform advocates, who point to the economic, financial and emotional harms it unleashes on millions of people.

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), responsible for approval of the safety, quality, and efficacy of therapeutic goods, has determined that Skyhawk's

Everyday health complaints like fatigue, stomach pain or flushing may seem harmless - but for some Australians, they could point to a far more serious underlying condition.

Outbreaks of cockroaches, possums, birds and insects at major hospitals have been revealed after two deaths prompted a sweeping maintenance review. Outbreaks

Knowledge of a serious hospital fungal outbreak that claimed the lives of two transplant patients was kept from the relevant minister for more than a month after health authorities

Spain has alerted the World Health Organisation of what it ‌believes to be a person-to-person transmission of the swine flu virus in its A(H1N1)v ‌variant.

Sudden weakness at the gym, muscle cramps and twitches affecting only his arms were the first signs for Mike O'Hehir that something was wrong. His failing

Two people have died after a fungal infection outbreak at a public hospital linked to a major redevelopment. Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital confirmed