Health

The Queensland government will close two pill testing sites next month, despite new evidence a lethal synthetic opioid is spreading in Australia.

Female prisoners in a safety unit are subjected to degrading conditions, with menstrual blood seen on women, beds and cells, a new report says.

You've probably heard a lot about something called the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — or the PBS — this week. Here are some of your most commonly asked questions.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton say the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, a cornerstone of Australia's health system, will never be a negotiating chip in US President Donald Trump's ongoing tariff campaign.

Throughout her career, Olympic rower Caragh McMurtry faced challenges she now understands as characteristic of her autism. But she says being neurodivergent was critical to her sporting success.

A leading hay fever expert says the majority of sufferers don't seek help or know how to treat it properly, but a new trial could change how it's managed. 

Doctors and nurses say patient care could be compromised if the SA government pushes ahead with plans to shift the infectious diseases unit out of Adelaide’s biggest public hospital and move it to a site across the road.

Newly released safety statistics show side-by-side vehicles were involved in 14 deaths on Australian farms in 2024 despite being fitted with seatbelts and rollover protection cages.

As US big pharma comes for Australia's PBS, Labor is promising even cheaper medicines.

Young South Australian woman Annaliese Holland is terminally ill, but she says being able to plan ahead has given her a sense of empowerment.

Tens of thousands more patients are leaving NSW emergency departments before getting treatment compared with before the pandemic, new data shows.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth after nine months in space. Now they're facing weeks of rehabilitation so they can resume their lives on the ground.

Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27 and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were charged over a video where they allegedly made threats to Israeli patients.

Growing up as a neurotypical woman of colour in a white country, there is not a lot of wiggle room to be different. Having a disability makes that 10 times harder.

Adelaide United defender Josh Cavallo, Australia's first openly gay professional footballer, says he still receives daily death threats since coming out more than three years ago.

The WA government's new "team-like" multi-ministerial approach to health is being seen as either "breathtaking hypocrisy" or a "strong policy decision," depending on who you ask. Can it fix the notoriously difficult portfolio?

The CSIRO says the average Australian's diet is likely to get worse within five years, hurting our health and the taxpayers' purse. So what is standing in the way of better eating?

Carly loved dressing as a girl from an early age and was preparing to start puberty blockers when the Queensland government banned her and hundreds of others from receiving free treatment. Her mother is furious at politicians for "interfering" in Carly's healthcare.

An Australian study has found that bottle feeding toddlers to help get them to sleep is linked to dental cavities and overweight in early childhood. But there are other strategies that can help settle them.

Matt Wright was camping at one of Victoria's most popular national parks when he was bitten by a tiger snake. More than two months later he hasn't fully recovered.

As data shows thousands of over-65s are winding up in hospital with oral health issues, the Australian Dental Association is calling for a scheme that gives seniors access to free dental work.

Health authorities are on high alert after another melioidosis death in North Queensland amid fears the disease is occurring in places where it was previously all but unheard of.

Royal Life Saving research shows nearly half of school children entering their teens are failing to attain basic swimming skills, making thousands vulnerable to drowning in adulthood.

Dead octopuses have been found along South Australian beaches as environment authorities say a microalgae bloom could be to blame for fish deaths on the weekend.

A new rule implementing cooling systems for F1 drivers was introduced this year. Racing is hot work at the best of times, so how does the new rule help?