Public Health

A potentially deadly synthetic opioid has been detected for the first time in South Australia with two people treated in hospital. SA Health said toxicology

A Perth hospital has denied neglecting a one-year-old Indigenous girl who died in its care, amid claims staff were racist and lied to the child's family.

Days after a coroner's damning findings, the Queensland opposition has demanded the state government explain how it will fix health care in Indigenous communities.

Taking a month off the booze can leave people feeling healthier, better rested, more mentally agile and generally quite rightly proud of themselves. But for

Australia's leading medical organisations are calling on state and federal governments to revolutionise the rural health system, with research revealing a spending shortfall

Proposed Australian vaping restrictions will be examined by the British government as it considers measures to protect children from vaping in the UK. Health

Australians are missing out on potentially life-saving organ transplants because of clunky registration processes, community education and conversational taboos, an inquiry

A Sydney restaurant has come up with a menu where it wouldn't be considered entirely inappropriate to fall asleep at the table. The seven-course "Sleepgustation"

Patients of a Tasmanian medical clinic may have been given less effective vaccines across two decades, with a probe revealing there was no documented evidence the facility

Australia is spending billions on a "sickcare" system that is failing to prevent chronic disease, as elective surgery wait lists blow a $4.6 billion hole in the

Australia has been an important contributor to a vaccine access organisation that has helped halve childhood morality. A report from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,

Excessive screen time can effect our mental health, waistlines, social skills and sleep patterns, but it is also proving increasingly painful for Australian peepers.

Two former Victorian government ministers have been appointed to plum public hospital posts, rankling Liberal MPs amid a probe into the politicisation of Victoria's public

The NSW health system remains under "enormous stress" with almost one in every 12 people visiting NSW emergency departments leaving without seeing a doctor or finishing

Liberal frontbencher Michaelia Cash has denied a health and hospital grant program from the former Morrison government was pork-barrelling despite a scathing auditor-general

The federal health department's management of grants worth $2 billion under the Morrison government has been slammed for "deliberate breaches" of legal requirements.

Parents are advised to look out for signs of breathing problems in young children over winter, with a report highlighting the deadly risks from a mostly unknown seasonal virus.

David Imber will be one of the first lining up to give life-saving blood plasma when decades-long restrictions on donations are lifted for gay and bisexual men in Australia.

Teenage smoking rates have increased for the first time in 25 years as the federal government prepares to crack the whip on vape use. Data from the Department

The prime minister defended changes to the amount of prescription medicines patients can receive, following criticism from the opposition and pharmacists. Under