AAP - 23-02-2016

The problem of antibiotic resistance is closer to a solution with scientists now knowing the mechanism bacteria use to keep up their defences.

AAP - 15-02-2016

A growing number of Australians who have never left the country believe they have a disease that medical experts insist cannot be contracted in Australia.

AAP - 11-02-2016

Victoria's health authority has warned people to remain on the alert despite no new cases of measles being reported. Melburnians are being

AAP - 01-02-2016

Scientists and private developers are doing all they can to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus. Companies and scientists are racing to create

AAP - 22-01-2016

The number of suspected cases of microcephaly, thought to be caught through mosquito bites, is increasing in Brazil. The cases of babies born

AAP - 19-01-2016

A treatment that has the potential to reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis has been tested in clinical trials in four countries. A stem

AAP - 07-01-2016

Doctors have sometimes used blood from Ebola survivors to treat others afflicted with the virus, but a study suggests the strategy has little effect.

AAP - 16-12-2015

Two people have been diagnosed with measles in Sydney, leading authorities to warn to be on the lookout for symptoms - fever, red eyes and a runny nose.

AAP - 03-12-2015

Health experts hope new fruit-flavoured drugs will help cut the number of tuberculosis deaths among children. Children will be more likely to

AAP - 01-12-2015

A landmark HIV prevention trial aims to virtually eliminate transmissions of the virus in NSW by 2020, says a researcher. HIV negative people