Smartwatches, rings and other wearable tech could tell users whether they are eating enough vegetables in future as well as tracking their blood sugar with ...

Poor leadership, insufficient communication and staff shortages all bubbled to the surface as a deadly wave of COVID-19 swept through an aged-care home, a ...

All restrictions on poultry and egg producers have been lifted as authorities declare a regional avian influenza outbreak eradicated.

A worsening psychiatrist shortage in Australia's largest health system has prompted calls to lift restrictions on overseas-trained doctors.

Heart attacks can present differently in women so it's important health practitioners and patients learn the signs before it's too late, experts say.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far. "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile ...

Newborn babies in Victoria will be offered an expanded heel prick test to include screening for another rare genetic disorder.

New mothers experiencing mental distress may have to be treated in general psychiatric units separated from their babies as a mass resignation of public sector psychiatrists impacts the entire system.

Crisis plans to deal with a mass resignation of psychiatrists will include paying their replacements twice as much and later bringing in cheaper, less-qualified workers. About 200 public-sector ...

Wards have closed and hospitals are gearing up for the mental health crisis to worsen as public psychiatrist resignations begin trickling in.

Queensland's government has unveiled plans to tackle what it describes as a "broken" health system after a scathing audit report. Record ambulance ramping, worsening waitlists and a $2 billion ...