Public Health

Australia's biggest private hospital operator has posted a bumper first half, but its leader says the sector is being starved of private health insurance premiums.

Having spent two decades working among the carcasses of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens, butcher Grant Hilliard is under no illusions about where food comes from.

Women who are embracing strength training in their forties, fifties and beyond are aiming to prevent physical decline that often leads to requiring aged care services.

Australia's biggest private hospital operator has posted a bumper first half, but its boss says the sector is being starved of private health insurance premiums.

High-profile abuse cases have left a childcare giant boss "horrified" and sparked a major overhaul in the hiring and training of staff. G8 Education,

HAMILTON, ON, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AtomVie Global Radiopharma (AtomVie), a global leading radiopharmaceutical CDMO, announced that it has supplied the successful

Security arrangements at mental health facilities are not good enough, a premier has conceded, as six patients abscond from his state's care each week.

The death of a mental hospital patient has become a homicide investigation, with another man at the facility under police guard as officers wait to interview him.

Thieves have stolen hundreds of "toxic" poppy heads from a rural farm, prompting a public health alert over the potentially life-threatening products.

Pollution from heavy vehicles is costing Australia more than $6.2 billion a year in premature deaths and serious medical conditions such as childhood asthma and strokes.

Women are increasingly seeking support for alcohol dependence as health professionals, advocates and people with lived experience note the changing face of alcoholism. 

Playing Tetris could help reduce distressing memories of trauma, researchers have found. Health workers who played the classic computer game as part of their

Australia's tobacco commissioner has faced scrutiny over claims that changes to the cigarette excise would not curb the illegal tobacco trade. Tensions

The Prince of Wales has said there is a need for more "male role models" to talk about and normalise understanding of men's mental health. Prince

Australians continue to switch up their private health insurance cover as rising living costs bite ahead of one of the biggest government-approved premium increases in almost

A statewide health workers strike is threatening to overshadow the grand opening of a $1.5 billion public hospital. The new Footscray Hospital in Melbourne's

Australia's stellar reputation for eliminating measles more than a decade ago is far from being compromised but with stagnating rates of vaccination, experts warn vigilance

Healthcare workers have received a double-digit pay offer that's been welcomed by a union official, as industrial action threatened to upstage the launch of a $1.5 billion

Consumer hopes for a version of AstraZeneca's blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga that doesn't hit hip pockets as hard have been dented by a court win to the pharma

A former child victim raped by her father and beaten by her mother says the agony of her youth was preferable to the abuse she endured in government care. The