NSW women will be able to access the contraceptive pill for up to 12 months without a script after a decision to make a state government trial permanent.

Melbourne researchers are one step closer to finding a cure for motor neurone disease.

NSW hospitals are warning the community of a scabies outbreak after four hospitals in the Illawarra Shoalhaven area recorded cases.

Adelaide’s rates of RSV are the highest they have been in five years.

Women with endometriosis are more than four times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than women without the condition, a 20-year study has revealed.

A world-first antibody trial could protect people from peanut allergies, experts say.

An Australian-made bionic eye has restored a "sense of sight" to a small group of totally blind Victorian patients.

A melanoma vaccine has been found to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence or death by 49 per cent over three years, researchers have found.

In vitro fertilisation services can be beyond the financial means of many couples but a new, low-cost solution is expanding its services in Melbourne.

Children and elderly in Queensland at risk of expected flu and Covid wave, health chiefs warn.

There has been a surge in whooping cough cases in South Australia.

A months-long shortage of the shingles vaccine has continued to frustrate GPs, who have been forced to ration doses.