One state will establish a high volume surgery hub to power through waitlists, with the aim of performing up to 5000 surgeries per year.
Pamela Rontziokos
The opposition in one Australian state is staking out men’s health as a key battleground ahead of the next election.
Nathan Schmidt
New data reveals Australia Day violence has reached epidemic levels, with an expert warning drinking alcohol and heat make a dangerous mix.
Phoebe Griffiths
Millions will swelter over the Australia Day long weekend, with forecasts of extreme heatwave temperatures, while a cyclone is headed for one state.
Aris Schuler-Shah
Anthony Albanese has heaped praise on the Australian of the Year finalists, describing Sunday night’s awards ceremony as his favourite event as PM.
Construction workers “can’t wait for another tragedy” almost a decade after a probe recommended urgent protections from heat-related death, leaders have been warned.
Following the Bondi Beach terror attack, more than 50,000 blood donations were made in a single week, but Lifeblood warns the country still faces a chronic shortage.
Rhiannon Lewin
Residents in a Sydney suburb took to social media to question why health officials were door knocking around their area.
Australians using weight-loss drugs are cutting back on groceries, as new research reveals the ways the medication is reshaping how people are spending their money.
Emma Kirk
A popular brand of hand sanitiser has been urgently recalled after it was found to contain a chemical that can prove “highly toxic”.
Alexandra Feiam
A mosquito protection warning has been issued after a probable Japanese encephalitis case was detected in a man and chickens in southern regions.
Health Minister Mark Butler has rubbished opposition figures that claim Labor’s Medicare overhaul is faltering amid soaring costs.
Wegovy is currently not listed on the PBS and not subsidied by the Australian government.
Ria Pandey
A popular Kmart item often used during hot weather has been recalled after a toxic substance was discovered.
Cameron Micallef
Damien Martyn’s former teammates have provided a fantastic update on the Test star after his major health scare.
Martin Gabor
Cricket great Glenn McGrath has revealed his wish for the final Ashes Test in Sydney while also delivering a moving message ahead of Jane McGrath Day.
Clareese Packer
More Australians have been put on high alert after a person travelled through two major airports while infectious with the deadly disease.
Nathan Schmidt and Eli Green
A traveller’s return from Indonesia has triggered a measles exposure warning across northern Sydney.
Partygoers are being urged to take extra caution after authorities identified unusually potent ecstasy tablets in circulation.
Andrew Hedgman
One Aussie state has recorded its 60th measles case this year as another person is detected with the potentially deadly viral disease.
An expert has delivered a stark warning for Aussie travellers after revealing local cases of a potentially fatal disease were linked to those acquired overseas.
Flu cases have surged this December as health experts warn Australians to ‘stay safe’ during holiday gatherings.
NSW health authorities have issued another urgent update after a health alert for a highly infectious disease was issued for several prominent sites in Sydney.
A major change is coming to a popular Aussie music festival as part of one government’s trial of a drug harm reduction program.
