AAP - 30-04-2015

Some public hospitals charge twice as much as others for similar procedures to similar patients, a new report by the health monitoring agency says.

Karen Keast - 23-04-2015

The final contingent of Australian and New Zealand nurses and doctors will return home from combatting the world’s deadliest disease in Sierra Leone in early May.

AAP - 17-04-2015

Some two million US high school students tried e-cigarettes last year, a rate that tripled in just one year, US health authorities say. The 2014 survey by the

AAP - 14-04-2015

IBM has announced alliances with Apple and others to put artificial intelligence to work drawing potentially life-saving insights from the booming amount of health data generated

AAP - 31-03-2015

The Victorian government won't put a timeline on banning smoking in outdoor dining areas, despite being the last state to adopt such a policy. The state opposition

AAP - 27-03-2015

About two-thirds of Australians have health issues caused by risk factors that are "modifiable", such as exercise, diet and smoking, a new report shows.

AAP - 18-03-2015

The SA government has revised its major new health plan by retaining Noarlunga emergency department, but the Repatriation hospital will still to be closed.

Ellen Rosenfeld - 18-03-2015

My first public health research position years ago involved gathering injury surveillance statistics in the Emergency Department (ED) of a major metropolitan hospital. My

Karen Keast - 17-03-2015

A handful of Australian and New Zealand nurses are being deployed to Vanuatu as part of international disaster response efforts in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam.

Karen Keast - 17-03-2015

A New Zealand nurse who recently returned from Sierra Leone has been officially cleared of the Ebola