Australia's hospitals should switch to safer, cheaper clean energy as part of a nationwide health response to climate change, experts say.

Australians are being charged more for a trip to the doctor, despite a tripling of bulk-billing incentive payments.

More than one in five Australians feel too ashamed to seek professional support for mental health issues, with the cost of living and accessibility of care ...

Mandatory aged-care standards are slipping at some facilities, with peak bodies worried the needs of elderly people are not being met.

The vast majority of Australian women fear they have insufficient education on contraception despite more than two thirds opting to use some form of birth ...

Two people have been hospitalised with the suspected Marburg virus in Hamburg after at least one returned from treating patients with infectious diseases abroad, German authorities say. The pair are ...

Vapes will only be available from behind the counter at pharmacies under changes to stop younger generations being hooked on nicotine. Reforms coming into effect from Tuesday will allow people able to ...

More medically supervised injecting rooms are needed across Melbourne, advocates say, as figures reveal overdose deaths remain at near-record highs.

Marburg haemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities say, as the country continues to investigate the source of an outbreak first ...