Health

Of the 1.4 million children living with blindness around the world, more than half of these cases were easily preventable....

The HIV transmission rate from mother to child is incredibly low under the control of proper anti-retroviral treatments, one in...

Prescription medications are killing more Australians than illicit drugs or alcohol. Medical groups have called for the urgent roll-out of...

It’s food allergy awareness week and in Australia, one in five people are affected by allergies, costing the economy thirty...

Tuesday’s federal budget was billed as an uninteresting affair even before it was unveiled. When the papers were finally tabled...

New hepatitis C treatments could eradicate the virus – if – the government chooses to fund them. With 230,000 people...

The World Needs Midwives Now More Than Ever – that’s the theme for 2015’s International Day of the Midwife. With...

Asthma is a serious and potentially life threatening condition. Asthma Australia says the majority of deaths caused by asthma could...

“They’re just about to shoot my prisoner in China, and I’m flying to get my organ.” A severe shortage of...

New figures show more people are presenting to drug treatment clinics for amphetamine addiction and the average age of patients...