Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn’t have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. These can have a big impact for patients, often increasing their time in hospital, ...

Australians have been urged to get a flu vaccination as cases surge across the country, almost doubling in one state. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reported there has been more than 46,300 cases of influenza across Australia this year ...

Patients are struggling to fill their prescriptions in the face of hundreds of medication shortages across the country. As of March, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has more than 400 medications listed as experiencing shortages, whereas in March 2022 that ...

You’ve heard of the gender pay gap. What about the gap in medical care? Cardiovascular diseases – which can lead to heart attack and stroke – are one of the leading causes of death for women in Australia. But women ...

Researchers have found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in the world. The Global Patterns and Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality report uses 2022 data from 185 countries to project the ...

Warning: This article includes discussion of pregnancy and abortion Abortion was legislatively decriminalised across all Australian states and territories earlier this year, yet public and political discourse on reproductive rights continues to prove divisive. Reproductive rights continues to be fiercely ...

A new study published in The Lancet has forecast that drug-resistant infections will be the direct cause of tens of millions of deaths by the middle of the century. The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project (AMR) predicts that by ...

Australian hospitals are expected to face an ongoing shortage of critical IV fluids until at least the end of the year, with reports that healthcare providers are paying up to 10 times as much for imported substitutes. Health ministers, including ...

In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) says the withdrawals have resulted in prescriptions for less-effective medicines and increased confusion over dosage and ...

Collinsville registered nurse Grace Paulson says chronic conditions are at the heart of health care due to their lasting impact on people’s health and wellbeing. “Chronic diseases represent two-thirds of all deaths worldwide, and mental health conditions represent a significant ...