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"There was not an outbreak of tuberculosis in October in Sydney": Health authorities insist.

NSW Health allays fears over 'outbreak' claim

Health authorities have moved to allay fears over a reported 'outbreak' of tuberculosis, after a Sydney man with TB misdiagnosed with asthma and lung cancer before he received appropriate treatment.

Doctors sound alarm on controversial 'strokecheck' tests

Health authorities fear the Strokecheck test does more harm than good.

Leading vascular surgeons, the Australian Medical Association and the Stroke Foundation are all warning the public to avoid a new charity that has partnered with Amcal pharmacies and workplaces to host GP consultations about stroke risks.

Life in limbo

Dan Gaffney doesn't really know how long his treatment will continue working.

More than a million Australians have been diagnosed with cancer, and one in 23 Australians are now living in its shadow.

Australian women at centre of a global medical scandal

Australian Pelvic Mesh Support Group founder Caz Chisholm who launched the group in 2014 after surgery following severe ...

Pelvic devices developed in Australia from the 1980s and 1990s are at the centre of a global medical scandal that includes regulatory failure, and allegations of research fraud and experimental surgery on women in multiple countries.

Political chemistry

The cosmetics industry lobbied hard to make it easier to use chemicals in Australia.

After pushing for a decade to make it easier to import chemicals – and getting what it wanted – why is the cosmetics industry changing its tune?