Classes are continuing at a Tasmanian school despite a flu outbreak that has caused almost half the school's population to take sick leave.
New Zealand will send up to 50 heart patients to Australia for surgery as part of an effort to shorten waiting times.
Parents and health groups have slammed the communications watchdog for failing to restrict junk food advertising during kids' TV time.
Several primary school students and a teacher in Tasmania have been hospitalised by a flu outbreak that has affected almost 300 children and staff.
A Queensland medical emergency specialist is calling for statewide bans on elective surgery to free up beds.
Heated car seats bring relief in cold winter weather but new research suggests this luxury extra might be damaging men's chances of conceiving children.
Alleged hygiene lapses will be investigated at the clinic where a Hendra virus outbreak claimed the life of a staff member.
Australians suffering type two diabetes have access to a new oral medication designed to better manage the nation's fastest growing chronic disease.
The key to women's happiness could be found in a bigger shopping trolley, a national survey suggests.
The communications watchdog says it has found little evidence of a link between the advertising of junk food on television and obesity levels in children.
A baby boy born with two heads has been placed under police protection in Bangladesh because of the curiosity his birth has caused among locals, a doctor said.
A ban on food advertising during children's television programs in Queensland would do little to combat childhood obesity.
Free flu jabs could soon be available to all Australians at high risk of influenza and its deadly complications following a decision by a government committee.
The chief of Victoria's Transport Accident Commission is stepping down because the road transport insurer is moving to Geelong.
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