AAP - 29-09-2022

A health bidding war has escalated ahead of the Victorian election, with both major parties committing hundreds of millions to boost staff numbers and public aged care sites.

AAP - 15-09-2022

Sober in the Country founder Shanna Whan asks the same thing of every crowd she addresses. "Raise your hand if you don't know a single person impacted

AAP - 12-09-2022

Australians may not realise it but they are sharing their food, homes and even their bodies with potentially harmful substances dubbed forever chemicals. Technically

AAP - 10-09-2022

Gambia's government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure are linked to a paracetamol syrup. A spike in cases

AAP - 04-09-2022

A significant number of teens who try vaping have never smoked, a study suggests. Researchers from the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland said the proportion

AAP - 03-09-2022

Experts say Indigenous communities are paying the price for the NSW government's delayed response to the ice inquiry, two and a half years after it was delivered.

AAP - 30-08-2022

Australia's leading scientific organisation has called for a boost to virus research and vaccine manufacturing capabilities in a bid to future-proof the country from pandemics.

AAP - 29-08-2022

Two in three Australians support a ban on junk food ads during children's viewing hours, a survey indicates. One of Canberra's newest additions is using

AAP - 28-08-2022

Right up until her death, Olivia Newton-John was lobbying for increased access to the drug she swore by. The actress, singer and cancer campaigner, who died earlier

AAP - 27-08-2022

Vanuatu has completely eradicated the blindness-causing disease trachoma, thanks to a mass simultaneous treatment by Australia's Fred Hollows Foundation across the island