Public Health

The risks and benefits of a Queensland pill testing trial are being worked through after the state's mental health commissioner noted it could help save lives.

As more than 20 Australian nurses marched into the sea at Bangka Island with machine guns aimed at their backs, matron Irene Drummond stoically told her colleagues she was

The South Australian government should provide free school lunches to reduce child poverty, encourage healthy eating and ease cost of living pressures, the Greens say.

South Australia has received an initial allocation of 900 monkeypox vaccines and will target vulnerable communities. Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier

A woman is dead after waiting nine hours for a bed at Launceston General Hospital. The woman aged in her 70s was taken to hospital by ambulance on Friday night

The Red Cross is in desperate need of your poo - it takes guts, but it's for a good cause. Perth is home to the only Lifeblood Microbiota Donor Centre in

Two dozen beds have been found for NDIS patients stuck in South Australian hospitals, as the state government continues efforts to ease the pressure caused by the latest wave

Thousands of illegal vapes have been seized in Western Australia amid warnings a new generation is becoming addicted to nicotine. More than 15,000 e-cigarettes,

A stroke patient in the bush may notice their symptoms in the early morning, arrive at a hospital for a scan three hours later, before being flown to a specialist unit in

In an Australian first, a multicultural health collaborative will provide care and a voice to culturally and linguistically diverse people, many whose visas render them ineligible

Most Australians with asthma are prescribed too much preventer medicine, which increases the chance of harmful side-effects, experts say. More than two million

A young woman dying of cancer wanted music to soothe her in the final moments of life. So a harpist went to her bedside at a Brisbane hospital, where she and

South Australia has called for a national approach to tackle the growing use of vapes and e-cigarettes among young people. Education Minister Blair Boyer will

Young Australians are being urged to become organ and tissue donors as part of a national campaign dubbed DonateLife Week. Studies show a single organ donor

Most Australians have at least one problem with their eyes with almost one in three admitting too much screen time during the pandemic affected their vision.

UK ministers will hold an emergency meeting after meteorologists warned of record high temperatures in England that could put lives at risk. Cabinet Office

Victoria's ailing public hospitals will be topped up with an extra 400 health workers amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations. A $162 million package

The federal government will direct more health workers to rural areas, improve mental health services and break down barriers to equitable health care for Australians living

More than 250,000 Australian smokers will die from cancer in the next 25 years, advocates warn, as they lament the country's lack of anti-smoking campaigns.

Ambulance ramping has reached record levels in South Australia with the delays increasing pressure on the state's already stretched public hospital network.