Health

Vaccinations for the rare but potentially deadly meningococcal B disease are now free for all Tasmanian infants for the next four years.

Women share how a lack of sex is impacting their marriage, and ways they're trying to spice things up.

Sam Longmore is wheeling across the Riverina in the rain to raise money for mental health services. 

Leanne Staniforth says her husband, John, suffered in silence before his death by suicide. She is raising her voice to break down the stigma around depression.

Victim-survivors of alleged sexual abuse have spoken to the ABC of the tension between EMDR mental health therapy and seeking justice through the legal system.

The ABC has spoken to a number of teenagers who say despite a crack down on vapes, they remain accessible and commonplace.

When their local taxi service folded 18 months ago, Beechworth residents struggled to get to their medical appointments.

Middle-aged Queenslanders undergo almost 1.5 million skin cancer procedures a year, according to one of the studies.

When Kath Leane was diagnosed with HIV almost 40 years ago, she feared she would never see her children — let alone her grandchildren — grow up. But the antiretroviral treatment which helped make that possible is today being made free for all South Australians.

Tasmania was the last Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise homosexuality, but since then it has gone on to pass some of the country's most inclusive legislation. There's one final frontier — conversion practices.

Some estimates suggest up to one in 30 people may be affected by a condition that has been described as a lifelong inability to orient oneself — even in extremely familiar surroundings.

Uncertainty and confusion are sweeping across the NDIS provider sector with mandatory registration for two categories of providers starting today.

When your child decides they are keen on playing sport, there are lots of factors to consider as a parent, and after recent news stories about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, keeping them safe from head injuries may be front of mind.

The TGA issues a warning for consumers using sexual enhancement products after an investigation finds several products contain undeclared prescription drugs that could cause serious side effects.

A sporting league in regional Victoria is the first to adopt a concussion app aimed at improving communication and accountability around concussions at grassroots sports. 

A Perth paediatrician accused of using hidden cameras to record himself abusing children is now facing more than 50 charges involving 10 alleged victims, with a court told further charges are likely to be laid.

A South Australian coroner says it is an "unfortunate truth" that there was no way for police to predict or prevent a collision that killed a senior police officer and another woman in 2020.

More than five tonnes of antibiotics were used to treat a disease that killed 9,000 tonnes of fish last summer, Salmon Tasmania says.

Emily Lal, who previously operated online as The Authentic Birthkeeper, will be banned from advertising, providing advice and health services for another three months while the Victorian health watchdog investigates.

A British midwife who migrated to Australia to work at a regional hospital during statewide staff shortages is calling for changes to the law after she was slugged $70,000 by state and federal authorities for the purchase of her home.

A little black triangle on medicine information leaflets is meant to make it easier to report adverse effects of new medications. Problem is, many Australians don't know what it means.

A trial to ease pressure on a public emergency department has raised concerns a multi-million-dollar company is getting a special deal.

The federal government says it is moving to crack down on the growing trade in "off-the-shelf" NDIS providers.

Contact is an essential part of footy, but there is growing evidence it can also be a grave threat to the health and welfare of its players. Experts say the AFL should be acting now to protect current and future players. 

The brother of Royal Hobart Hospital doctor Artyom Avetisyan says the cardiothoracic surgery registrar sounded "extremely exhausted" in the week before his crash death.