Former South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has tested positive for Covid-19, sending parliament into a shutdown while contact tracing is underway. Mr Weatherill was at an event on Saturday from which the state recorded three ...
From 1 December 2021, Australians with a rare and potentially deadly condition, hereditary angioedema, will be able to obtain potentially life changing medication through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The Morrison Government is listing Takhzyro ...
Hundreds of students studying to be doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals head to Coffs Harbour every year for part of their training, consequentially creating jobs, boosting local investment and increasing access to health ...
The performances of our Olympic and Paralympic teams in Tokyo look set to leave a lasting legacy and improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. Findings from Sport Australia’s Community Perceptions Monitor survey reveal more ...
The Northern Territory is waiting to learn if its first community outbreak of COVID-19 is under control and the lockout of unvaccinated people will end. A press conference has been scheduled for 3:30pm (local time) ...
Home quarantine will become more accessible for returning Queenslanders and eligible interstate travellers once the 70% double-dose vaccination mark is reached. Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath today said the success of the ...
As syphilis cases continue to surge in Western Australia, contact tracers say they are overwhelmed, with remote areas with high Indigenous populations of particular concern. Increased notifications associated with the outbreak of the sexually transmitted ...
Former Health Department secretary, Glenys Beauchamp PSM, has been confirmed as chairperson of Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Ms Beauchamp brings a thorough understanding of the significance of the role of FSANZ to the ...
The strategic founder of Australia’s National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC), Professor Leonard Notaras AO, has been appointed Chair of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Strategic Advisory Group (SAG). Professor Notaras ...