Public Health

Victorians are being warned to stay away from wild mushrooms, with Easter downpours creating ideal conditions for poisonous fungi to flourish. Mushrooms are

The treasurer warns the explosion in vaping is weighing on the budget as well as the health of Australians. The switch to vaping and black-market tobacco products

Australians could be older than they think. Researchers say they can measure the biological age of a person's brain and organs, challenging the belief that

Patients must be put before profits, warns a peak body representing doctors as pressure mounts for the federal budget to address rising medical costs. Treasurer

Two breakthrough medicines will be available free for Australians with extremely rare and life-threatening inherited diseases. The drugs will help save the

Star neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has admitted making an error during surgery by going "too far" and leaving a patient damaged. The high-profile doctor

Medicines must be cheaper and easier to access so doctors have more time for their patients, the peak body for GPs says. The Royal Australian College of General

Back pain is already a significant issue for the general population, with roughly one in six Australians suffering currently. But, for health professionals, especially nurses,

A vape disguised as a highlighter in a child's pencil case is one of the many reasons the federal health minister is pushing for an e-cigarette crackdown.

A global coalition of scientists and other experts say the human race is swimming in a toxic soup of chemicals used to make plastics, with potentially dire consequences for

The Nationals are at odds with health experts over the regulation of vapes, arguing retailers should be allowed to sell the nicotine version. "We've

Almost four in five alcohol-related deaths were males and hospitalisations dropped significantly during the first national COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020.

Edith Cowan University (ECU) lecturer and PhD candidate Alecka Miles has called for a shift in how paramedicine is seen and funded outside of emergency ambulance care, amid

Australians are losing sleep over the cost of living crisis, with one in three blaming financial pressure for their declining quality of rest. That's the

Karen Chong is the world's first Indigenous sleep coach. "We are the people of the Dreamtime with the oldest continuing culture shaped by dreams, which

People using vapes will not get a pass in no-smoking areas and there will be a crackdown on tobacco chop shops under new laws proposed for Queensland. There

A parliamentary inquiry will look into the health risks of vaping and how many young people are using e-cigarettes in a bid to further slash smoking rates.

Bright pearly whites might look healthy but beneath the sparkling smile may lie an ugly truth. A drastic increase in at-home teeth whitening could be causing

The number of Queensland patients waiting longer than clinically recommended to see a specialist in public hospitals has surged more than 80 per cent to 104,000 in a year,

The time Victorians wait for public dental treatment has dropped to just over 16 months on average, which is still too high. While it's the lowest overall