Public Health

Australian women are twice as likely as men to experience migraines, with sufferers and researchers saying investment is needed to find treatments that would help close the

More than three million Australian adults have experienced harm from gambling in the past year, with participation on the rise and punters losing significant amounts of money.

First Nations patients are less likely have positive experiences of care in hospital than their non-Indigenous counterparts, but Aboriginal health workers can make a significant

The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur and more than 3000 people across all of Sudan have died from the illness over the last 14 months of civil war,

Hugo McGregor lived for only five days before his parents made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support. An inquest into Hugo's hospital

Australia's first fully integrated mRNA vaccine facility could help the nation avoid billions in costs from the next pandemic, as Moderna defends a controversial government

Early exposure to chemicals found in plastics can pose significant health risks to children that last into adulthood, according to an analysis of hundreds of recent studies

Forty years after HIV screening first became available in Australia, the nation is closer than ever to eliminating transmission of the virus - a milestone unimaginable in

A couple who lost their daughter to an undiagnosed heart defect hours after her birth hope an inquest can ensure other babies don't suffer a similar fate.

Queensland has become the first Australian state to ban pill testing, with medical experts warning the move could cost lives. The legal crackdown follows state

A so-called miracle cure for stroke is no more effective than a placebo, a study has found. The treatment, known as perispinal etanercept, involves injecting

Needle-phobic children will be able to access free flu vaccinations in the form of a nasal spray to overcome low vaccination rates. Parents in Queensland and

The World Health Organization says it has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's

Public hospitals are crumbling under logjams and workforce attrition as doctors reject a government pay offer. Hospital registrars and career medical officers

A lack of aged care spots is leaving thousands of older Australians stuck in hospital and "effectively homeless", as state and territory health officials urge the

A US appeals court panel has allowed President Donald Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.

Suicide prevention will not be a box-ticking exercise under plans to hold state debt collectors and government agencies accountable for reducing deaths. Strategies

Hospital admissions have reached record levels in Australia's largest health system, but further highs are expected following a "very difficult" winter.

Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a UNICEF report which blames the ubiquitous

More people are going to a hospital in Australia's biggest healthcare system, as doctors claim critical figures are being hidden from the public. NSW hospital