Health Policy

Experts call for urgent action to turn around an "unacceptable" decline in testing for a disease that kills 20 people every day.

The Queensland LNP government says it aims to roll out 2,600 new hospital beds across the state by 2032 at a cost of about $18.5 billion.

Could artificial intelligence speed up emergency responses by receiving a caller's video or smartwatch data and capturing words like "knife" and "collision"? Most people think so and welcome the technology's potential, a survey finds.

Hospital managers and executives in NSW will be barred from blocking abortions because of moral and religious views, according to a document obtained by the ABC.

Hannah Wilson says she found it shockingly easy to obtain a medicinal cannabis prescription, despite her history of schizophrenic psychosis.

One Deaf woman living with dementia has been without basic care services for two years. Advocates warn her story represents a much larger problem. 

Paper flyers are advertising same-day delivery of illegal vapes on the Gold Coast after police forced several tobacco stores to close their doors for three months.

A lack of access to clean clothes and sheets led to high rates of heart disease in this outback Queensland town. But an Indigenous-led washing initiative is changing health outcomes in the region.

Health experts say tighter regulations around pregnancy supplements are needed as newer brands replace folic acid — a key nutrient shown to prevent birth defects — with a lesser-studied alternative.

Charlie was in a coma for days after contracting the rare but preventable disease. He was lucky to survive. 

A Queensland government-ordered report on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies in the treatment of transgender adolescents is due on Sunday but might never be publicly released.

Medical experts fear sick or injured Tasmanians who make their own way to emergency departments wait longer than others, due to pressures to fast-track ambulance patients.

Dozens of stores across every corner of the state have been closed for three months as officers exercise new powers passed in Queensland's parliament last week.

After a rising number of Australians reported suffering from B6 toxicity, the TGA has been forced to act and remove some supplements from shelves.

New Zealand has become the latest country to halt access to puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria but are they following best health practice or an outlier?

An Adelaide woman says her elective surgery has been cancelled four times in the past few months as SA Health data shows nearly 25,000 people are waiting for elective surgeries across the state's public hospitals.

Medicare figures quietly published online show bulk-billing has not improved from a year ago, despite billions being tipped into the scheme. As out-of-pocket costs rise, GPs are delivering 10,000 fewer services every day compared to last year.

The New Zealand cabinet signs off on plans to halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria from mid-December. 

Nitrous oxide bulbs and canisters, known colloquially as nangs, can lead to paralysis when consumed in large quantities over an extended period of time. 

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says it is time to "get the ball rolling" on medical cannabis reforms in NSW.