'Nightmare scenario': illegal tobacco impact laid bare

Date of Posting: 25-05-2026

Illicit tobacco sales are destroying the livelihoods of legitimate retailers and the market will be "fully illicit" within two years, a Senate inquiry has been told. Demand for illegal tobacco has exploded in Australia because of large t Read More...

The Research Case for Creatine Beyond the Gym

Last Updated: 24-05-2026

Most people first hear about creatine from a teenager. A son who has just joined a gym. A nephew who has discovered protein powder. A patient turning up to a GP appointment with a tub his mate just bought him, asking mid-consultation whether the stuf Read More...

Sobering-up centre to close after drunkenness shift

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

A dedicated sobering-up centre will shut its doors after criticism the inner city site was a "white elephant" for state taxpayers. The 20-bed facility at Collingwood in Melbourne's inner north will close in mid-2027 as part of a rede Read More...

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

An Ebola ‌outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths. The WHO ‌said the outbreak, caused by the Read More...

FED:Health groups urge vigilance over big tobacco claims

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

Health bodies are seeking to unmask a push by the tobacco giants to exploit fears over the illicit cigarette trade and safeguard Australia's smoking policies ahead of a parliamentary inquiry previously marred by secrecy. A coalition of 15 orga Read More...

The brave volunteers turning trauma into purpose

Date of Posting: 22-05-2026

When Benn Lockyer reaches out to grieving fathers through a volunteer support line, he already knows there is nothing he can say to "fix" what has happened to them. What he can offer is something else entirely: understanding.[subscribe] Read More...

More harmed than harmful: the truth about schizophrenia

Date of Posting: 22-05-2026

In his 20s, James McLure was a social, footy-playing, self-confessed science "boffin" who regularly attended church but also enjoyed a drink and a joint with his friends. Until slowly, his grip on reality started shifting, his paranoia g Read More...

NDIS reform to clean-up fraud, improve care: providers

Last Updated: 22-05-2026

People living with disabilities face systemic risks under an insurance system plagued by limited visibility, poor regulation and widespread integrity issues. The organisations delivering these services are confident a government crackdown on unscr Read More...

FED:Passengers from hantavirus cruise land in Australia

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

Passengers from a cruise ship afflicted by the rare and deadly hantavirus have touched down in Australia before a three-week quarantine. Four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander, who were evacuated from the MV Hondius Read More...

NSW:Family to remember great-grandmum in taser death probe

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

As an inquest into the tasering death of Clare Nowland at the hands of a police officer concludes, her family will remember the generous 95-year-old with the hope lessons can be learned. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Read More...

Wellcome launches world's largest global prize for mental health science

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

The prize, in partnership with Nature, will celebrate breakthroughs in mental health science. It aims to accelerate translation, influence policy and transform lives This award champions new pharmacological, psychological, social and dig Read More...

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

Last Updated: 20-05-2026

New mums are most at risk of major depression in the first two weeks after giving birth, with calls mounting for greater screening, prevention and treatment to ensure they feel supported. Midwife and neonatal intensive care nurse Megan Ryan said i Read More...

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Date of Posting: 20-05-2026

Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak will soon return to Australia, after the government confirmed a flight has been secured for the evacuees. The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one Read More...

NSW:Police shun dementia training after woman's Taser death

Date of Posting: 20-05-2026

Only one Australian police force has taken up an offer to train officers to deal with patients with dementia after a great-grandmother was fatally tasered in an aged care facility. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon Read More...

Jail for counsellor who gave Friends star ketamine

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

A licensed drug addiction counsellor who delivered Friends star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, was sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 56-year-old Erik Fleming in a feder Read More...

Kate on first trip abroad since cancer in remission

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

The Princess of Wales is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, travelling to Italy for a two-day tour focused on early-childhood education that will undoubtedly receive widespread media attention. Kate w Read More...

NSW:Dentist may have exposed thousands to HIV, hepatitis

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

Health authorities are scrambling to find thousands of patients who may have been exposed to serious bloodborne diseases by a dodgy dentist. Patients of former dentist William Tam, who practised at Strathfield in Sydney's inner west for more t Read More...

NSW:Probe into grandmum's fatal tasering aims to save lives

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

Three years after police fatally tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at Read More...

Injections v pills: weight loss patients 'have options'

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

Eli Lilly says ‌patients in a late-stage trial who had been taking an injectable GLP-1 medication for over a year didn't regain significant weight after switching ‌to its new weight-loss pill Foundayo. People who switched from Novo N Read More...

Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

More Australians will be able to pick up their prescriptions for less money, as the government boosts medicine subsidies in the federal budget. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which regulates prices of life-saving medications, will be increase Read More...

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

Last Updated: 17-05-2026

There's a new name for a condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide. Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is the new name for the condition previously known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) after it was wrongly bel Read More...

Bonnie Tyler 'remains seriously ill' but stable

Date of Posting: 17-05-2026

Bonnie Tyler "remains seriously ill" but is stable following emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star says. The Welsh singer, 74, known for Total Eclipse of the Heart, was put into an induced coma by her doctors to help her Read More...

Dutch hospital isolates 12 over virus protocol breach

Date of Posting: 17-05-2026

A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols. The hospital staff ‌members will be quarantined for six weeks, the Radb Read More...

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Last Updated: 15-05-2026

A 500-bed quarantine facility, sitting empty in a rural suburb, will shape Australia's response to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship. The $400 million Bullsbrook quarantine facility in WA, which has been empty for four years, w Read More...

FED:'Difficult' trip home for hantavirus cruise passengers

Date of Posting: 15-05-2026

Australians on board a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will return home within days as officials manage the "difficult" preparations. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and a New Zealander have touched down in Read More...

Last six passengers leave Hantavirus-hit ship

Date of Posting: 14-05-2026

The last six passengers and some crew members of the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have left the ship on the Spanish island of Tenerife as ‌its captain praised their patience and discipline during an "extremely challenging" few weeks. S Read More...

Two more test positive as ship evacuation nears end

Date of Posting: 14-05-2026

Two people have tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak, health authorities ‌say, as Spain prepared to evacuate and repatriate the last passengers remaining on the vessel. A Fren Read More...

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

Date of Posting: 14-05-2026

Australians returning from a cruise afflicted by a rare and deadly virus will be required to quarantine for at least three weeks. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and a New Zealand c Read More...

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

Date of Posting: 13-05-2026

A mother who lost her teenage daughter to a rare disease has vowed to keep fighting for every Australian child to get access to a life-saving vaccine. Victoria has earmarked $9.4 million to vaccinate Year 10 students, or age equivalent children, a Read More...

FED:Aussies facing quarantine on return from virus cruise

Date of Posting: 13-05-2026

A viral nightmare might soon be coming to an end for five Australian residents as the government confirms plans are in place to evacuate passengers from a stricken cruise ship. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian citiz Read More...

Australians last to leave virus-stricken cruise ship

Date of Posting: 13-05-2026

Australian passengers will be among the last to leave a stricken cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak after its arrival in the Canary Islands. A report issued by Spain's Health Ministry before the MV Hondius docked in Tenerife confi Read More...

Stepping up - the number you need to keep weight off

Date of Posting: 12-05-2026

Dieters who want to keep the weight off should make sure they are walking 8500 steps per day, new research suggests. Experts who compared a group of people dieting and exercising with a group dieting alone or not receiving any treatment found dail Read More...

'Disregarded': how Medicare lets down rural patients

Date of Posting: 12-05-2026

After more than a decade balancing academia, art and motherhood in a capital city, Sandra moved to a picturesque alpine village for a fresh start. But once she settled in the rural outpost near the NSW-Victoria border, she found herself even more Read More...

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Date of Posting: 12-05-2026

Australians don't like talking about death but as the population ages, conversations about the end of life could become increasingly important for care. Every day, more than 450 people in Australia die from a life-limiting or terminal illness, Read More...

Psychosocial support helps infertility patients overcome stigmas, myths and taboos around IVF

Last Updated: 11-05-2026

BEIJING, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Diverse cultural or religious values across the Asia Pacific region mean that many people living with infertility face challenging family or societal attitudes when considering assisted reproductive treatment to a Read More...

Two suspected virus cases found in Spain, remote island

Date of Posting: 11-05-2026

Health experts are racing to contain a potential spread of hantavirus as two suspected cases emerged far from the luxury cruise liner where the outbreak started. The latest ‌reports involved a man who fell ill after leaving the ship and a wom Read More...

Spain readies for people from virus-hit cruise ship

Date of Posting: 11-05-2026

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials say they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is expect Read More...

A $3.5m doctor's claim at centre of a budget black hole

Last Updated: 10-05-2026

Doctors who prop up the ailing rural health system are billing $1.3 billion per year, with a single specialist claiming $3.5 million under an ineffective government scheme creating a major budget black hole. The $1.3 billion spent on more than 700 Read More...

Nations race to track passengers of virus-hit ship

Date of Posting: 10-05-2026

Countries worldwide are scrambling to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got ‌marooned off the coast of Cape Verde, to prevent further spread of the disease. Three people - a Dutch couple and a Ge Read More...

Taimei Technology and C&R Research Announce Strategic Partnership to Build AI-Powered Clinical Trial

Date of Posting: 10-05-2026

SEOUL, South Korea and SHANGHAI, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taimei Technology (HK.02576), a leading AI-powered drug clinical development platform company, and C&R Research (A359090), a top-tier CRO in South Korea, signed an enterprise-level stra Read More...