The move is designed to address critical shortages and has been described as “one of the biggest changes to regulation in decades”.
Rhiannon Lewin
As childhood vaccination rates fall, experts warn that misinformation is helping fuel a measles comeback.
Andrew Hedgman
Australia’s black market tobacco industry has “exploded” and criminals have a “stranglehold” on the industry, as high taxes drive demand for the illegal product.
Blair Jackson
Daylight saving begins on the first Sunday of October, giving about 18 million Australians an extra hour of afternoon daylight.
Another council in one Australian state has voted to remove fluoride from drinking water.
The heartbroken mother of a three-year-old girl who died despite multiple trips to the hospital has urged doctors to “truly listen to parents”.
Liam Beatty
A new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been registered with the TGA to help patients with early to mild conditions.
Emma Kirk
The consumer watchdog threatens instant penalties for selling unsafe products at this year’s event after discovering dozens of dangerous items.
George Al-Akiki
Medical bodies have quickly moved to discredit the untested claims made by Donald Trump which urge pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol.
Jessica Wang
Health authorities have issued an urgent alert after a measles case was detected, the third state to have issued warnings in the past fortnight.
Authorities have issued a measles alert for Sydney after a traveller returning from Indonesia visited several locations while infectious.
The Queensland government has made a huge call on the future of pill testing services in the state, as festival season nears.
Masks have been made mandatory in parts of a major hospital amid a fast-growing outbreak that has sparked fresh warnings.
The Red Cross is calling on Aussies to donate blood amid record demand and a national shortage of the lifesaving product.
Thomas Henry
There has been a big jump in the number of Aussies with sexually transmitted infections over the past 10 years and more cases could be going undetected.
Duncan Evans
Almost 2500 elderly Australians are trapped in hospital beds due to aged care shortages, as health ministers meet to tackle the billion-dollar crisis.
Elodie Jakes
Dementia has become the leading cause of death among Australians, according to an explosive new report.
Angie Raphael
Hospital emergency rooms are being monitored ‘by the hour’ in one state, as a damning report exposes major capacity issues.
Nathan Schmidt
Health authorities have set up a temporary clinic to test children and staff following a tuberculosis incident at a childcare centre.
The number of NSW ambulances sitting outside hospitals with patients on-board is improving but there is ‘more to do’, the Minister says.
At least 10 people were hospitalised after taking what they thought was cocaine, only to find the drugs were laced with a potentially deadly substance.
Sunscreens have been pulled from shelves following shock SPF testing failures. Here’s what to do now as summer approaches.
Some changes have been implemented one year after the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide revealed harrowing stories from Aussie heroes and their families.
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An artist left with brain damage from catastrophic negligence by a Queensland hospital has secured a major legal win in the wake of his paltry $2m payout.
Blake Antrobus
