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...

Former New York mayor Giuliani out of intensive care

Date of Posting: 08-05-2026

Former New York ‌City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been released from ‌the intensive care unit but will remain ‌in the hospital for recovery, his spokesperson Ted Goodman says. Giuliani, 81, was hospitalised in critical condition ‌e Read More...

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuates three passengers

Date of Posting: 08-05-2026

Three people, two of them ‌seriously ill, have been evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde. MV Hondius, which has nearly ‌150 people on board, was expecte Read More...

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

Last Updated: 08-05-2026

A good Samaritan couple who donated their embryos to people on the other side of the country have sued the IVF clinic that bungled the implantation. A Victorian Supreme Court writ filed against Monash IVF by the donors claims they have suffered se Read More...

Kid's cancer centre zeroes in on 'terrible disease'

Date of Posting: 07-05-2026

Children with cancer are entering an era of renewed hope, as Australia's first medical centre solely focused on their needs is unveiled. The Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre opened its doors on Wednesday at Sydney Children&# Read More...

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain

Date of Posting: 07-05-2026

A luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus ‌is preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the Canary Islands. The Spanish Health Minist Read More...

ESOC 2026 Stroke rates rise, exposing widening ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities, study finds

Date of Posting: 07-05-2026

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic m Read More...

Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise

Date of Posting: 06-05-2026

The World Health Organisation suspects some rare human-to-human transmission took place between close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases. A Dutch couple and a German national had died, &zwnj Read More...

Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches

Date of Posting: 06-05-2026

Australians are heading into a potentially severe flu season and given last year's death toll, experts are warning it's important to be vaccinated. Flu-related mortalities reached 1700 in 2025, surpassing the national road death toll by se Read More...

What to know about Hantavirus and its symptoms

Date of Posting: 06-05-2026

Three people have died on a cruise ship over the weekend from a suspected hantavirus outbreak - but what is the virus and how is it treated? Hantavirus infections, normally carried by rodents, can lead to severe respiratory illness and can be fata Read More...

Suspected hantavirus outbreak kills three on cruise

Last Updated: 05-05-2026

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization says. A 70-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife, from the Netherlands, died after fal Read More...

US top court lets abortion pill mail delivery restart

Date of Posting: 05-05-2026

The US Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a federal rule allowing the abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial decision that had ‌blocked the regulation and narrowed access to t Read More...

FED:Confronting message to MPs ahead of tobacco hearing

Date of Posting: 05-05-2026

The lawns of Parliament House will be strewn with 66 body bags as health advocates call for urgent action to prevent Australians dying from tobacco use. A senate inquiry into Australia's illegal tobacco crisis will hold its first hearing on Mo Read More...

Pharma challenges pause on mail access to abortion drug

Last Updated: 04-05-2026

Two drugmakers have asked the US Supreme Court to restore mail-order access to mifepristone, a move that would continue to allow women access to one of the most widely used ‌abortion methods pending ongoing legal challenges. Danco Laboratorie Read More...

Insurers, athletes butt heads on concussion coverage

Date of Posting: 04-05-2026

Professional athletes live on average seven years longer than the general population. But not AFL or NRL players.[subscribe] The two most popular games in Australia are continuing to grapple with the dangers their players face when they take th Read More...

Scientist who won race to sequence human genome dies

Last Updated: 04-05-2026

J Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, has died at age 79. Venter's death on Wednesday was announced by the J Craig Venter Institute, a genomics research group Read More...

Biomechanics on a Budget: Practical Movement Assessment Without the Tech

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

Most physiotherapists working in community sport do not have access to force plates, motion capture systems or GPS tracking units. This article makes the case for what skilled observational assessment can tell you, and how to get the most from the to Read More...

The Physio's Role in Talking to Coaches: Navigating the Performance-Health Tension

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

When a coach wants an athlete back on the field and the physiotherapist is not ready to clear them, someone has to hold the line. How that conversation goes matters more than most clinicians are trained to expect. The pressure rarely arrives as a Read More...

Hamstring Strains in Field Sport: Why They Keep Coming Back

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

Hamstring strain injuries are among the most prevalent and persistently frustrating conditions in field sport. Understanding why they recur so readily is the first step toward managing them more effectively. Spend enough time working with football Read More...

Snoring leader buys restless leg syndrome device maker

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

An Australian-American medical giant leading the world in products to treat sleep apnoea is branching out into another major sleep disorder - restless leg syndrome. Resmed has bought Noctrix Health, a California-based company that makes a wearable Read More...

Weight loss jabs 'could help reduce alcohol intake'

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

People with alcohol problems may benefit from taking weight loss jabs, experts say after a study found Wegovy can help curb drinking habits. Alcoholics given semaglutide reduced alcohol consumption, had fewer heavy drinking days and saw a reductio Read More...

'Risky' co-sleeping likely caused death of three babies

Last Updated: 03-05-2026

The deaths of three babies who slept alongside their parents and siblings in Indigenous communities could have been prevented by safer conditions, a coroner has found. Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage examined the deaths of children w Read More...

OPTIMAL-PSMA Trial of TLX597-Tx Next Generation RLT Presented at IPCS 2026 Highlighting Therapeutic

Last Updated: 30-04-2026

MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, "Telix") today announces dosimetry results from the randomized Phase 2 OPTIMAL-PSMA trial of TLX597-Tx in metastatic Read More...

Australian company unlocks a new era for women's health globally with an innovative delivery system

Date of Posting: 29-04-2026

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Acrux is a successful Australian pharmaceutical company that develops innovative drugs for the global market. It recently announced its new strategy to enter the final, phase III clinical trial, st Read More...

Hospital finally 'run for people' after public takeover

Date of Posting: 29-04-2026

A two-year-old who died at a scandal-plagued hospital has been remembered by his parents as the catalyst for major health reform. The Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney completed its transition to the public health system on Wednesday, ending eig Read More...

Cellenkos, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance to Initiate Phase 2 Clinical Trial of CK0801 (Allogeneic Cor

Date of Posting: 28-04-2026

Phase 2 multicenter, open-label study (NCT07499102) will evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of CK0801 Tregs in transfusion-dependent aplastic anemia. HOUSTON, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellenkos®, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnolo Read More...

CONCEPT MEDICAL ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY 3-YEAR SIRONA DATA AT CHARING CROSS SYMPOSIUM 2026

Date of Posting: 28-04-2026

LONDON, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Concept Medical Inc., today announced the presentation of preliminary 3-year follow-up data from the SIRONA randomised trial at the Charing Cross (CX) Symposium 2026, reinforcing its leadership in drug-delivery Read More...

The EXCEL - First-of-its-kind study highlights critical role of essential phospholipids in improving

Date of Posting: 28-04-2026

PARIS, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study has established that treatment with essential phospholipids (Essentiale) resulted in a 2.5 times greater reduction in liver fat, significant improvement in fatigue and improvement of glycaemic control Read More...

Berlin Heals Presents Positive Late Breaking Results from the CMIC-III First-In-Human Less Invasive

Date of Posting: 26-04-2026

CHICAGO, April 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Berlin Heals Holding AG, a clinical-stage medical device company focused on transforming the treatment of heart failure (HF) with a first-in-class, durable therapy, announced the presentation of positive result Read More...