Public Health

A Queensland MP is disgusted by a hoax health warning advising people to avoid Brisbane suburbs with large Chinese populations due to the risk of coronavirus.

Australian health authorities are warning that the fifth person to test positive to the deadly coronavirus

NSW authorities are expected to on Monday confirm the fifth case of coronavirus in the country after a patient tested positive during preliminary exams.

New data has revealed that the poor and the most disadvantaged in Australia have increasingly worse health outcomes. The gap in the quality

Australian scientists have identified 107 genes that increase the risk of someone developing glaucoma. Australian researchers have pinpointed

With major cities across Australia choking on thick clouds of hazardous smoke, an expert from The Australian National University (ANU) has released freely accessible new factsheets

What we suspected is now official: 2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record. The country’s average maximum

Australia has a long history of bushfire disasters. The loss of almost 70 homes in Tathra, New

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is calling on the Federal Government to help GPs on the frontline of the bushfire crisis. With

The NSW government is distributing more than one million respiratory masks across the state as hazardous air quality warnings are issued. More

As bushfires burn, academics and organisations have weighed in on long term effects of blazes that have killed wildlife and covered cities with smoke.

A new approach to support long-term smokers to quit will be trialled in Adelaide this year, building on a decade of research into finding solutions to tobacco addiction.

As the countdown to New Year’s Eve celebrations begin, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation is encouraging Australians to plan ahead and follow some simple steps to help

New research looking into Australians' understanding of responsible drinking highlights the social responsibility behind alcohol drinking constraint.

Bushfire smoke has now been blanketing parts of Australia for months. This week the air quality in Sydney reached new

Governments worldwide need to create non-profit supply systems for tobacco and nicotine products because of their potential to cause significant and avoidable harm, researchers

Aussie men are being urged to stop showing off near the water, as alarming statistics reveal they are drowning at almost five times the rate of women.

A leading group of doctors and other health professionals say NSW's recent hazardous air quality is a public health emergency. Doctors,

Thick smoke blanketing parts of Australia's east could cause long-term health damage, with experts warning it will get worse if climate change isn't tackled.

The Alcohol and Drug Foundation is urging Federal and State Governments to act on policies outlined in the new National Alcohol Strategy, aimed at preventing and minimising