AAP - 25-02-2015

Giving anti-viral drugs to sexually active gay men when they are healthy could reduce their chance of becoming infected with HIV by 86 per cent.

AAP - 20-02-2015

A "nightmare" drug resistant bacteria that's linked to contaminated medical instruments has infected scores of people in the US.

Karen Keast - 17-02-2015

Pharmacists in Western Australia are another step closer to providing

AAP - 02-02-2015

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has announced a plan to increase access to flu vaccines, but the state government says Labor is playing catch-up.

AAP - 07-01-2015

A clinical drug trial is under way in Liberia to determine if a medication could help those suffering from Ebola. A clinical drug trial is now

AAP - 01-12-2014

Dutch officials have detected a new case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the country's west. Dutch authorities have reported a new outbreak

AAP - 01-12-2014

The latest figures from the World Health Organisation show more than 16,000 people have been infected with the Ebola virus and almost 7000 have died.

AAP - 28-11-2014

Italy has banned a Novartis flu vaccine after three people who had received it died and a fourth was taken seriously ill. Italy has suspended

AAP - 17-11-2014

The death toll in a Legionnaire's disease outbreak in Portugal has climbed to eight, officials have announced. The death toll has climbed

AAP - 12-11-2014

The UN health agency has raised concerns about a "large outbreak" of Legionnaire's disease in Portugal. An outbreak of Legionnaire's