Flu tightens its grip on Queensland with more than 3790 hospitalised
There have been more than 35,000 flu cases since January 2017, with 3,797 severe cases staying in hospital.
There have been more than 35,000 flu cases since January 2017, with 3,797 severe cases staying in hospital.
A five-year-old boy has died less than 10 hours after being sent home from a Sydney emergency department.
No specific food has yet been connected to the outbreak.
When Paddy O'Brien complained of swelling and pain in his calf, he could not have known what was behind it.
NSW schools will now have a standardised action plan to help teachers recognise and respond to asthma attacks.
The Australian Red Cross Blood Service have made an urgent appeal for to people with O-negative blood to make a donation as supplies drop to critically low levels amid the worst influenza season on record.
Researchers applied different types of honey on large wounds to see which one is the superior healing agent. One stood out.
Warnings on alcoholic drinks do little to change the behaviour of younger drinkers, an Australian study has found.
Nearly one in three Australians is feeling financially stressed, with damaging effects on mental and physical health and social relationships.
A study has found one third of Australians surveyed would not immediately tell someone if they thought a child was being abused or neglected.
New research has found that Indigenous people with high rates of childhood trauma, including those who were forcibly removed from their families, are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease, than others.
It's high school formal season, and students throughout Victoria have been getting ready for the ball.
A freak storm event last year triggered thousands of asthma attacks and killed nine people. It could be in NSW, and authorities are urging people to be prepared.
Bethan and Johnny McElwee were told their baby Aviana had months to live. As they celebrated her first birthday, they allowed themselves to hope for more.
Cancer is the leading cause of death of Australian children, by disease. But only a tiny percentage of government funding goes to this research area.
Given premiums having risen steadily, it's unsurprising that many consumers are lowering their coverage or opting out altogether.
New figures from NSW Health show August has been the worst month on record for flu in NSW.
A real-time monitoring pregnancy patch has won $1.47 million in NSW government funding.
Low-risk procedure can cure heart problem that is leading cause of stroke among older Australians.
Last year the Therapeutic Goods Administration confirmed 46 cases of breast implant-associated ALCL, including three deaths.
A prominent psychologist says that Selena Gomez, an executive producer of controversial drama 13 Reasons Why, has blood on her hands.
Rates of anxiety and depression among Australian women are at a "concerning" high, as women nation-wide fail to meet the recommended rate of weekly physical activity, a new study has found.
In what's being described as a significant breakthrough, food and health authorities are now using whole genome sequencing to identify and control food-borne outbreaks.
NSW is on track to virtually eliminate HIV transmissions by 2020.
One popular pasta sauce contains 90 times more salt than some of its rivals on the supermarket shelf.
Forty is the optimal age for women to start having regular mammograms to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths, according to a US study.
Two-thirds of Australians with depression have used multiple antidepressants to manage it.
New mother Natasha Lobban says the term "normal birth" needs to go.
More than 980 cases have been reported in Canberra this year, more than half in the past fortnight.
With cases of sexually transmissible infections on the increase, health authorities are urging people to use condoms.
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