Health

The Australian Building Codes Board delays a ban on plumbing products containing lead by two more years, despite backlash from the industry.

A hearing into the Northern Territory's controversial health patient record system Acacia has heard allegations of risks to patient safety and a "toxic" workplace culture.

Music artists Tina Arena and Ngaiire have reimagined Sia's Unstoppable while opening up about how life-saving donated blood brought them back from the brink of serious illness.

The White House says the large red spot on US President Donald Trump's neck is due to a skin cream he is using, without elaborating on what condition it is treating.

The review comes after a fungal infection cluster at a transplant ward at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital linked to two deaths.

Australia's first death from a tick-induced allergy has sparked calls to ramp up awareness among the public and the medical profession.

Australia's Disability Discrimination Act is decades old, with reform "well overdue". Removing the burden of proof could be the first step.

State government spending on locum nurses continues to rapidly rise, despite repeated calls to build a more permanent workforce.

After overcoming cancer as a child, scans revealed her heart was "working under half of what it should".

Medical experts fear a recently revealed condition on a Tasmanian election promise could kill a new hospital proposal, amid escalating concern about health facilities. 

Health authorities reject claims information about a fungal infection outbreak which could have caused the death of two patients at a Sydney hospital was deliberately withheld from the public.

The cluster of infections at the transplant unit at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital late last year saw two people die, health bosses say.

If allegations that a surgeon performed surgery for "severe" endometriosis on women with little or no sign of the disease have you questioning your own treatment, here is where you can voice your concerns.

Pharmacists are calling for more funding and caps to be removed from a long-running government program that helps patients avoid hospital.

The study is the first step into investigating whether pancreatic cancer screening — via a non-invasive CT scan — could help save lives by early detection or warning signs.

Endometriosis sufferers have been left "sick" and reeling over the findings of a months-long ABC investigation into a Melbourne gynaecologist.

There were more deaths associated with influenza last year than any other year this century, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics. 

An independent review finds Labor's urgent care clinics face workforce shortages and problems with after-hours services, with no evidence hospital waiting times have improved.

Australia's medical regulator, AHPRA, faces criticism for failing to act on complaints from patients about surgeries by Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon. 

Denmark and its territory Greenland reject Donald Trump's offer to send a naval hospital ship to the Arctic island coveted by the US leader.