Another person has died from a disease linked with heavy rain in a flood-hit region that may soon be on cyclone watch.

Professor Steve Robson is launching an action plan on Friday under the government-supported National Doctors Health ...

Maternity wards at two private hospitals are set to close in a move labelled a "disappointing blow" to women seeking maternity care. Healthscope announced it would cease maternity services at Darwin ...

iscover how music therapy can retrain the brain, improving mobility, speech, and emotional well-being in stroke rehabilitation.

Discover how sleep apnea affects communication and how speech pathologists in Australia use innovative therapies to improve speech and language development ...

Learn how allied health professionals in Australia are helping teenagers overcome gaming addiction and build healthier screen habits.

Changes may be ahead for Victoria's ground-breaking euthanasia laws.

Doctors will no longer be muzzled from initiating voluntary assisted dying conversations with terminally ill patients under long-called-for law changes. A "gag clause" that banned Victorian ...

Lewy body dementia is a disease associated with abnormal protein that eats away at the brain and causes issues with thinking, movement, behaviour and mood. There is no cure and little is known about ...

Maternity wards at private hospitals in two jurisdictions will close after the operator cited staffing challenges and declining birth rates. Healthscope announced it will cease maternity services at ...

A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 58 cases and eight people in neighbouring New Mexico also have been diagnosed with the highly contagious disease. Public health officials in New Mexico have ...

A reduced-calorie diet can help pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes avoid the need for insulin injections, according to a UK study. Gestational diabetes is a condition that develops during ...