Vitamin C tablets and gummies are a winter staple in many homes, but research suggests the science behind them is far less impressive than the marketing.
Andrew Hedgman
Hundreds of thousands of Aussies are due to receive a letter telling them how to be on the lookout for an increasingly common disease.
Nathan Schmidt
An explosive Senate inquiry has handed Labor a procedural win on the NDIS, while exposing deep fears about cuts, automation and unpaid care.
A child has been left with permanent brain damage and may require a kidney transplant, after contracting a dangerous bacterial infection after visiting a petting zoo.
Jackson Robb
An Australian state government wants to ramp up simple surgeries as hospital woes persist and the “worst three weeks of the year” arrive.
An MP is trying to force debate on a key issue causing “needless suffering” for Australians in the final weeks of their lives.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A new price battle has emerged between the federal government and the makers of “revolutionary” weight loss drugs in a bid to avoid black market options.
A psychologist who was misdiagnosed with depression and PTSD says she lost a decade of her life before being given an accurate diagnosis.
Emma Kirk
Updated guidelines for one of Australia’s most common cancers is aimed at boosting early detection in a world-leading move.
A top doctor has had some damning thoughts after the NSW premier urged people to stay away from hospitals.
David Hannant
Geelong chief executive Steve Hocking has spoken publicly for the first time since it was revealed a star player signed “a concussion waiver” to keep playing.
Oscar Moodley, Tyler Lewis
A pediatrician is facing 72 child sexual abuse charges involving young patients after seven more alleged victims were identified.
“There’s no such thing as finding it too early. Your reminder to get checked.”
Zosia Melanczuk
A Melbourne grandmother has been left permanently disfigured after a major hospital mixed her up with another patient.
The health minister in one state has warned emergency department presentations could increase amid an already record-breaking surge.
A Sydney property owner has listed their dream home for sale at a fraction of its purchase price after a strata battle left them with “emotional trauma”.
CCTV footage has captured the extraordinary moment an airborne car crashed into a bus, leaving it wedged inside before the heroic driver leapt into action.
Annabelle Banfield
Incredible footage has emerged of a nurse using jiu-jitsu to take down a violent patient while they were being escorted out of a hospital emergency department.
Whichever party wins at the Victorian election, advocates are urging they act to help the state’s most vulnerable.
The government has made a massive call about a cancer drug that would have cost $28,000, less than two months after the death of cancer pioneer Richard Scolyer.
A new treatment is offering 200,000 Australians living with a chronic and debilitating disease the “freedom to breathe”.
Alexandra Feiam
A martial artist withdrawing from drugs taking swings at nurses in a trauma ward is a scene becoming more commonplace for Australia’s healthcare workers.
Blair Jackson
An experienced psychologist left patients traumatised after inviting them to join in his BDSM fetish.
Kate Stephenson
Australia’s bird flu outbreak has taken a troubling new turn, with a common bird now infected and warnings the virus is “here to stay”.
