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AMA President’s update: Council of General Practice, mentorship, role of the doctor, AMA26, and more
Thoracic Society Welcomes Record Illicit Tobacco Fine
Community Working Party Formed For EfW Advocacy
Strong New Tobacco Laws Now In Effect
New Zealand is cracking down on school attendance. Is it missing the bigger picture?
Precision medicine clinic boosts access for patients with rare cancers
Social media use during adolescence not linked to later mental ill-health
Home delivered, medically tailored groceries improve diabetes control
Police honoured for exceptional service across the Darling Downs District
Latest Healthy Sexual campaign encourages safer sex and regular STI testing
City adopts Inclusive Greater Bendigo Strategy and seeks feedback on Draft Action Plan
Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives
Council calls for direct engagement to reach Gunnedah Hospital helipad resolution
Identify strengths as well as risk to reduce number of children being removed from families according to ACU researchers
Tiny AI Device Taking On One Of World’s Deadliest Killers
Dr Jillian Spencer vindicated – now politicians must act to protect children from harmful gender treatments
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, but solutions do exist – expert Q&A
Australian tobacco controls working despite illicit tobacco concerns
New Regulations Strengthen Controls On Nicotine Pouches
Closing The Gap in Doomadgee with $3.7 million critical infrastructure investment
Australia’s smoking rates hit historic low despite illicit tobacco concerns
Despite claims smoking has made a comeback, just 5.6% of Australians now smoke daily
Tobacco smoking rate’s drop shows cessation efforts are working
Pacific women call for better cancer education and culturally responsive care
The 2026 World Cup has been a tournament where alcohol brands hoped to win influence through sponsorship
Cute Cartoons, colours and claims: baby food marketing tactics have exploded in a decade
Manchester air quality data helps reveal growing health and energy risks from Saharan dust
TGA Acts On Melatonin Imports
Getting Victorian Patients Home Sooner
Composting and water cremation: how the eco credentials of alternatives to burial add up
Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
WHO issues updated dosing guidance for antiretroviral medicines used in newborns, infants and children
Get Ready For AusAlert National Test
Labor Cuts Hospital Wait Times – Liberals Just Cut Hospitals
Meningococcal Cases 14 July 2026
Corporatisation of healthcare is on the rise in NZ – with likely impacts on access and quality of services
Wagga Wagga backs poker machine reform as losses head towards $72 million
Pain in the neck may be due to more than bad posture – work-related injury AI study
New Frankston Hospital Helps Thousands Of Victorians
Brighter Days Linked To Better Sleep, Study Finds
Queensland Government delivering wage increases for visiting medical officers
Meningococcal Case 10 July 2026
Safety taskforce established to tackle aggression in the NSW health system
Study raises concerns about AI health-prediction models trained on unreliable datasets
Earthquakes in Venezuela expose a severely under-resourced and unprepared healthcare system
PolyU School of Optometry and HOYA Vision Care strengthen R&D collaboration: New DIMS TED spectacle lenses clinically proven on average to achieve…
National trial spotlights cultural safety in health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Tampons tested for hormone disrupting chemicals