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Disease outbreak prompts call to ensure kids are jabbed
Date of Posting: 03-04-2026
A rare outbreak of a nasty respiratory infection can be linked to a dip in vaccination rates, a disease expert warns. Parents are being urged to ensure their children's vaccination status is up to date following an outbreak in the Northern Ter Read More...
Common drug offers hope for meth addiction treatment
Date of Posting: 02-04-2026
Patients with a serious addiction to methamphetamine who took a well-known antidepressant show a noticeable reduction in drug use, a study has found. Results from the Tina Trial, published on Thursday and conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Read More...
New mental health unit set to curb hospital violence
Date of Posting: 02-04-2026
Frontline hospital workers will be able to take better care of patients experiencing intense distress or aggression as a hospital introduces a new unit to curb violence against staff. Workers at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west have been sub Read More...
Health insurance premiums to cut more from hip pockets
Date of Posting: 01-04-2026
Australians are being urged to examine their health insurance coverage as a hike in the premiums takes effect. The cost of premiums will rise an average of 4.41 per cent on Wednesday, the biggest price rise since a 4.84 per cent hike in 2017.[subs Read More...
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals' Once-Weekly Basal Insulin GZR4 Injection Meets Primary Endpoints
Date of Posting: 01-04-2026
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SSE: 603087) today announced that two pivotal phase 3 clinical trials, SUPER-1 and SUPER-2, evaluating investigative once-weekly insulin GZR4 Injection, have successfully met their pre-specified primary endpoints. After Read More...
Prince Philip 'battled pancreatic cancer in secret'
Date of Posting: 31-03-2026
Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip spent eight years battling pancreatic cancer in secret before his death, according to a new book. Philip passed away in 2021 at the age of 99 - a year before his wife - and now it's been suggested th Read More...
Vapes may cause cancer despite safer than smoking claim
Date of Posting: 31-03-2026
People who vape are at higher risk of cancer than those who do not, a landmark study has found, casting doubt over whether the habit is safer than smoking. Public health experts and scientists generally don't consider e-cigarettes to be safe b Read More...
'Barriers remain' in voluntary assisted dying access
Date of Posting: 31-03-2026
When 80-year-old Annie, who had metastatic breast cancer, applied for voluntary assisted dying, her faith-based aged care home told her she would have to be assessed off-site. A major problem was that Annie was bed-bound and could only be moved by Read More...
The 'horrific' disease hitting regional Aussies hardest
Date of Posting: 30-03-2026
Australians in regional areas are far more likely to experience a fatal neurological condition that has soared in prevalence in the past four decades. And exposure to pesticides in agricultural areas could be behind the rise in motor-neurone disea Read More...
Bursts of exercise 'could slash risk of major diseases'
Date of Posting: 30-03-2026
Short bursts of daily exercise, even a few minutes - such as running for the bus - could slash the risk of developing diseases such as arthritis, heart disease and dementia. Taking the stairs, playing actively with children or walking quickly betw Read More...
'Poorly designed' minor drug diversion scheme panned
Date of Posting: 30-03-2026
Less than a quarter of people eligible for a diversion program for minor drug possession incidents are having their matters dealt with outside of court. Crime statistics analysis from NSW, the last Australian jurisdiction to introduce a drug diver Read More...
Balcony likely to blame for hospital's fungal outbreak
Date of Posting: 29-03-2026
A hospital balcony adjacent to a construction site likely caused a cluster of fungal infections that killed two patients and has left one in intensive care for months. Six patients in the transplant unit of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, located in Read More...
Cancer survivor's parents walk to give others hope
Date of Posting: 29-03-2026
Marina Forde and Tom Christy would love to take their 22-month-old son Flynn with them for a long walk this Sunday but the energetic toddler is unlikely to co-operate. "It's Flynn's world and we live in it," Ms Forde tells AAP.[s Read More...
Call to label domestic violence a public health crisis
Date of Posting: 29-03-2026
Gendered violence must be recognised as preventable, says a scholar ship-winning student as she joins a next-generation chorus of doctors urging governments to respond to the crisis. Gender-based abuse is the leading cause of death and disability Read More...
Converting Overseas Nursing Qualifications to Work in Australia
Last Updated: 27-03-2026
Australia has long been an attractive destination for skilled healthcare professionals. With a high standard of living, competitive salaries, and a strong healthcare system, it’s no surprise that many internationally qualified nurses look to Au Read More...
VERIGRAFT Advances First Potential Curative Treatment for CVI into Pivotal Phase II III Trial
Date of Posting: 27-03-2026
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VERIGRAFT, a Swedish clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering personalized, fully biological therapies, today announced the initiation of a pivotal Phase II/III trial of its P-TEV (personalize Read More...
Sunscreen overhaul unlikely to fix 'trust deficit'
Date of Posting: 27-03-2026
A sweeping review of sunscreen regulations aims to restore consumer confidence in popular products, but some experts fear it may be too little too late. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has begun consultations on a new set of rules designed to Read More...
Hidden breast cancer costs increase burden of disease
Date of Posting: 27-03-2026
Breast cancer patients are facing wide-ranging financial, emotional and social burdens following their diagnosis as many grapple with significant up-front costs alongside a disease that often strikes without warning. More than 21,000 Australian wo Read More...
Regulating AI in Australian Healthcare: Who Is Accountable When Algorithms Make Decisions?
Last Updated: 25-03-2026
Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental in Australian healthcare. AI systems are being used to summarise clinical documentation, assist with imaging interpretation, support risk stratification and optimise operational workflows. As adoption Read More...
Digital Health and Equity: Are We Closing or Widening the Gap?
Last Updated: 25-03-2026
Digital health has been framed as a solution to many of Australia’s healthcare pressures including distance, workforce shortages, rising demand and system inefficiency. Telehealth, remote monitoring, patient portals and AI-enabled triage tools Read More...
Cybersecurity in Healthcare: The Clinical Risks Behind the Headlines
Date of Posting: 25-03-2026
When a hospital system goes down, the first images that come to mind are often technical: blank screens, frozen logins, IT teams working overnight. But in healthcare, cyber incidents are not just technical failures. They are clinical events. Digit Read More...
Discovery Life Sciences and Mindpeak Partner to Bring AI Precision to Cancer Biomarker Testing in Gl
Date of Posting: 25-03-2026
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and HAMBURG, Germany, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Inconsistent biomarker interpretation across pathologists remains one of the more stubborn challenges in clinical trial development, contributing to variability in patient stratifi Read More...
Continuity Biosciences and Breakthrough T1D Collaborate to Advance NICHE Cell-Therapy Platform Towa
Date of Posting: 25-03-2026
CARY, N.C. and NEW YORK, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuity Biosciences and Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) advocacy organization, today announced a strategic collaboration to advance Continuity's NICHE® cell Read More...
Leaders urged to stomach junk food tax to save lives
Date of Posting: 25-03-2026
More than 200,000 lives and billions of dollars in health costs could be saved if political leaders developed an appetite to tax unhealthy foods, according to fresh research. The federal government is being called upon to consider a 20 per cent ta Read More...
When Birth Doesn't Go to Plan: How Midwives Support Parents Through Disappointment and Grief
Last Updated: 24-03-2026
For many parents, pregnancy is accompanied by a mental picture of how birth will unfold. It might be a calm labour, minimal intervention, immediate skin-to-skin contact, or simply the hope of feeling involved and heard. When birth deviates from those Read More...
Skill Mix on the Maternity Ward: What Midwives Want Other Health Professionals to Understand
Last Updated: 24-03-2026
Modern maternity care is delivered by multidisciplinary teams working under pressure, within complex systems, and across shifting scopes of practice. While collaboration is essential to safe care, midwives often find that their role — and the f Read More...
Midwives and Moral Distress: Navigating Care When Systems Don't Align with Values
Last Updated: 24-03-2026
Midwifery is a profession built on advocacy, relational care, and respect for women’s autonomy. Midwives are trained to support families through pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period in ways that prioritise dignity, informed choice, and tr Read More...
Parkinson's action plan aims to brain growing disease
Date of Posting: 24-03-2026
It's the world's fastest growing neurological disorder, but a landmark plan could help put Australia on the frontline in the battle against the disease. More than 200,000 Australians live with Parkinson's disease - more than breast can Read More...
Celosia Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1b Clinical Trial of CTx1000 in Amyotrop
Date of Posting: 24-03-2026
SYDNEY, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Celosia Therapeutics, an Australian biotech company developing advanced gene therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced dosing of the first participant in its Phase 1b KOANEWA trial evaluating CTx Read More...
Prestige Biopharma Announces Positive Topline Results from Comparative SAMSON-II Study for HD204, a
Date of Posting: 24-03-2026
Primary endpoint of Overall Response Rate at Week 18 met, demonstrating clinical equivalence in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer SINGAPORE, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Prestige Biopharma today announced positive to Read More...
Rural doctor missed vital call in Indigenous death
Date of Posting: 23-03-2026
The family of a woman who died in an under-equipped rural clinic say her death is an example of the health inequities still experienced by Indigenous Australians. Warrimay woman Eve Brown died of shock on July 2, 2021, after an undiagnosed spleen Read More...
Multiple-birth parents tumble through cracks in support
Date of Posting: 23-03-2026
Parents of twins, triplets and more are calling for extra support in the upcoming federal budget as they face increased financial and mental health burdens. Twin mum Elise Devenny says her experience of parenthood has been magical, but gruelling a Read More...
Growing obesity crisis tanking Aussie productivity
Date of Posting: 23-03-2026
Australia is staring down a $90 billion-a-year obesity crisis by 2032 but spending below the OECD average on preventative health to tackle it. Two-thirds of those costs will be felt in days off work, premature death and other productivity losses, Read More...
Scottish MPs reject euthanasia bill for terminally ill
Date of Posting: 20-03-2026
Scotland's Parliament has rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives. Members of the Edinburgh-based legislature voted 69 to 57 against a bill that Read More...
Diet rich in veg and berries 'could slow brain ageing'
Date of Posting: 20-03-2026
A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, berries, nuts and olive oil could slow down brain ageing, according to a long-term study. Experts found an effect across more than a decade in people whose diet contained lots of vegetables, fruit, nuts, fi Read More...
UK bids to contain meningitis outbreak after two deaths
Date of Posting: 19-03-2026
Five new cases of meningitis have been found in Kent in southeast England, taking the total to 20 in what has been called an "unprecedented" outbreak that has already killed two young people. All of those affected who are cur Read More...
Scientists make Parkinson's drug from plastic bottles
Date of Posting: 18-03-2026
Scientists have discovered a way of making a drug for Parkinson's disease from used plastic bottles, saying it shows how waste materials can be "reimagined as valuable resources". Developed by a team at the University of Edinburgh, t Read More...
'Gaslit': government under fire over algal bloom claims
Date of Posting: 18-03-2026
A government has been accused of "gaslighting" the public over a harmful algal bloom ahead of a state election, sparking calls for an inquiry. South Australia's opposition says the state government's denials that a harmful algal Read More...
Medicinal cannabis concerns half-baked, advocates say
Date of Posting: 18-03-2026
Calls to scrap medicinal cannabis for mental health treatment are premature, advocates say, as an Australian study casts doubt on the drug's effectiveness. More than one million Australians have used medicinal cannabis at some stage, mostly in Read More...
Big measles outbreak affecting London children under 10
Last Updated: 17-03-2026
A "big measles outbreak" in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools and nurseries in north-east London had left some children re Read More...
