Advertisements for ham and salad sandwiches will soon be banned from buses and trains in one state. Here’s why.
Duncan Evans
With flu vaccination rates still low, experts stress that this year’s flu season could have dire consequences, especially for the elderly and young children.
Andrew Hedgman
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has shared a revealing insight into a troubling symptom he was enduring before being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Rhiannon Lewin
Fran Hurndall is attempting to make a world record as the first woman to run the 3800km from Perth to Sydney in under 40 days — but it is another target that is more important to her.
Rhianna Mitchell
Australians are being urged to protect themselves and their loved ones this winter amid reports a new Covid variant is on the rise.
Summer Liu
One state’s measles numbers continue to rise with infected travellers arriving on major international flights over the past week.
Blair Jackson
Evidence is growing that ultra processed foods consumption is linked to obesity and chronic disease, so why are we eating more of them?
Angela Pownall
The Coalition has branded Anthony Albanese a ‘political vulture’ as the gloves come off in a furious debate over Australia’s healthcare future.
Deadly synthetic opioids linked to deaths across the country have been found by health workers in one major city for the first time.
Peak flu season is months away and flu cases are already 30 per cent higher across Australia compared to the same time last year.
Emma Kirk
Drinking alcohol while trying to conceive can impair placenta growth and potentially harm a baby’s development — but it can be countered, new research has found.
Hannah Cross
Five people have drowned and one man remains missing after a series of tragedies across New South Wales and Victoria over the Easter long weekend.
Alexandra Feiam and Andrew Hedgman
Authorities are probing if a person contracted a deadly disease that has already killed one by driving through Sydney in an open top car.
Hannah Wilcox, Summer Liu
A damning audit has exposed failings at Northern Beaches Hospital following the death of toddler Joe Massa, raising doubts about its private partnership model.
Andrew Hedgman and Hannah Moore
Here’s your full guide to what shops are open and shut on today’s public holiday.
Alexandra Feiam
In an arachnophobes nightmare, scientists have identified 55 new species of wishbone spiders.
Children born to a mother who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, according to a WA study.
Jake Dietsch
A class action lawsuit has been filed naming a major aged care provider, alleging a poor quality of care for residents that one person labelled “soul-destroying”.
Doctors battling Australia’s chronic disease scourge want both major parties to implement a tax on ‘sickly’ soft drinks in a major pre-election wishlist.
A Melbourne teenager who died in hospital after anaphylaxis, reportedly said he was “gonna die” in his final moments, it has been reported.
Clareese Packer
WA’s measles outbreak has grown to 14 cases after two more infections were confirmed over the weekend, with a busy shopping centre now an exposure site.
Two Aussies who served in uniform abroad have spoken up about the election campaign and their hopes for a better mental health future for Australia’s defence force heroes.
A young Aussie woman has been left paralysed from the neck down after suffering a freak medical episode on a night out.
An urgent warning has been issued for Australians as doctors fear this year’s flu season could prove fatal.
