AAP - 29-03-2023

Websites advertising prescriptions for weight loss drugs via an online quiz could find themselves in hot water from Australia's medicine regulator. Australian-based

AAP - 23-03-2023

Dozens of children under the age of four ingesting nicotine has been cited by Health Minister Mark Butler as one of the reasons for a crackdown on vaping laws.

Nicole Madigan - 07-03-2023

The Australian Physiotherapy Association has called on the government to include physiotherapists in newly announced Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, which would see families

AAP - 26-02-2023

Taking the pressure off public hospitals will be the subject of an independent review agreed by health ministers. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler met with

AAP - 20-02-2023

Health Minister Mark Butler has welcomed a trial allowing pharmacists to prescribe the contraceptive pill as an innovative solution to address health care constraints.

AAP - 19-02-2023

More than 1.6 million discounted prescriptions were filled in January after the maximum co-payment for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme was discounted. The

AAP - 18-02-2023

A national sperm donation register would stop "prolific" sperm donors from creating more families than legally allowed, a peak fertility body says.

AAP - 07-02-2023

One of the country's largest health insurance providers has held off on increasing its premiums ahead of a planned annual rise later this year. NIB said it

AAP - 14-12-2022

New Zealand has banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008 in a landmark attempt to eradicate smoking. The legislation, which passed late on Tuesday,

AAP - 30-11-2022

Life-saving defibrillators will be mandatory in all public buildings, including schools, libraries, sporting facilities, theatres and prisons, under nation-leading legislation