Following the Bondi Beach terror attack, more than 50,000 blood donations were made in a single week, but Lifeblood warns the country still faces a chronic shortage.
Rhiannon Lewin
Residents in a Sydney suburb took to social media to question why health officials were door knocking around their area.
Australians using weight-loss drugs are cutting back on groceries, as new research reveals the ways the medication is reshaping how people are spending their money.
Emma Kirk
A popular brand of hand sanitiser has been urgently recalled after it was found to contain a chemical that can prove “highly toxic”.
Alexandra Feiam
A mosquito protection warning has been issued after a probable Japanese encephalitis case was detected in a man and chickens in southern regions.
Phoebe Griffiths
Health Minister Mark Butler has rubbished opposition figures that claim Labor’s Medicare overhaul is faltering amid soaring costs.
Aris Schuler-Shah
Wegovy is currently not listed on the PBS and not subsidied by the Australian government.
Ria Pandey
A popular Kmart item often used during hot weather has been recalled after a toxic substance was discovered.
Cameron Micallef
Damien Martyn’s former teammates have provided a fantastic update on the Test star after his major health scare.
Martin Gabor
Cricket great Glenn McGrath has revealed his wish for the final Ashes Test in Sydney while also delivering a moving message ahead of Jane McGrath Day.
Clareese Packer
More Australians have been put on high alert after a person travelled through two major airports while infectious with the deadly disease.
Nathan Schmidt and Eli Green
A traveller’s return from Indonesia has triggered a measles exposure warning across northern Sydney.
Partygoers are being urged to take extra caution after authorities identified unusually potent ecstasy tablets in circulation.
Andrew Hedgman
One Aussie state has recorded its 60th measles case this year as another person is detected with the potentially deadly viral disease.
An expert has delivered a stark warning for Aussie travellers after revealing local cases of a potentially fatal disease were linked to those acquired overseas.
Flu cases have surged this December as health experts warn Australians to ‘stay safe’ during holiday gatherings.
Pamela Rontziokos
NSW health authorities have issued another urgent update after a health alert for a highly infectious disease was issued for several prominent sites in Sydney.
A major change is coming to a popular Aussie music festival as part of one government’s trial of a drug harm reduction program.
An embattled hospital which has made headlines for deaths caused by “systemic failures” will have a major change in the new year.
Eli Green
A returned traveller attended a community Christmas carol event unknowingly infected with measles.
Authorities have sounded the alarm over a disturbing summer trend – after paramedics received thousands of call-outs to assist over the last year despite a 14 per cent drop.
Tipping the scale at an incredible 360 grams, Charlie Jones is believed to be the tiniest baby ever born in Queensland.
The ACCC has recalled sand stickers sold at toy stores, pharmacies and book shops across Australia and online over asbestos fears.
A major health alert has been issued for Sydney ahead of the Christmas break after a highly infectious disease was detected in a returned traveller.
