Wait times for emergency department presentations and elective surgeries in public hospitals stayed about the same in 2024-2025 as they were the previous year, according to a report from the ...

Study suggests counter climate groups emerge as a form of backlash to stronger environmental policies and institutions A new study suggests that countries with stronger commitments to protect the ...

The federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has confirmed Australia's first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Western Australia. The infected bird was found on a remote ...

Generative AI technology could create between 1.2 and 5 million tonnes of e-waste between 2020 and 2030, predicts new research in Nature Computational Science. The ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are more likely to have experienced childhood trauma before the age of 18 than their heterosexual peers, according to international research. The team used ...

*** RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE *** Last year, over 1,700 Australians lost their lives to flu, the highest number of flu deaths this century, but how is the 2026 season shaping up? With winter just over ...

Today, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria re-launched its plant biodiversity website, VicFlora. The new portal features upgrades that allow users to identify Victoria’s plants more easily. It is based on ...

A study which examined over 500,000 deaths in Florida and Ohio during the pandemic has found that death rates were significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 ...

People who are married are less likely to have symptoms of depression, according to an analysis of more than 100,000 individuals across 7 countries. The study found that unmarried people have a 79% ...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) don't have higher rates of abnormal ovarian cysts compared to the general population, according to Australian research, which supports a global process to ...

Dutch scientists say an intervention called The Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF) - which provides healthy school lunches and extra physical activity (PA) sessions - boosts kids' maths ...

A warning for public health officials, as mcr-12 antibiotic-resistant gene has been found outside a clinical setting for the first time, in water in NSW contaminated by heavy metals in NSW. A new ...