The Red Cross is in urgent need of blood donations, particularly from people with type O negative blood, which can be given to anyone.

The government has flagged placing confronting health warnings on alcohol products.

A new kind of wheat with six times the standard amount of fibre is about to hit the market.

The federal government is funding groundbreaking research that will revolutionise drug development for prostate and childhood cancer.

Melbourne researchers have established a link btween too much "light" at night, and poorer mental health.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose research led to the creation of major COVID-19 vaccines.

A pharmacy contraceptive pill prescription trial has begun in NSW, making it easier and cheaper for women to access the medication.

Cases of the little-known virus HMPV are surging in NSW, but Dr Nick Coatsworth wants to downplay fears.

A major investigation is under way after five confirmed cases of listeria were found at three Queensland hospitals.

A new report from CSIRO shows that almost half of all Aussies fail to consume a healthy balanced diet.

Two new drugs used to treat blood cancer will be added to the PBS.

Hundreds of Australians diagnosed with cancer are fighting in court to prove their disease stemmed from a component of a widely used herbicide.