Public health
24 June 2024
New insights into what Australians die from
Most Australians die from multiple conditions as shown in new research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Public health
Public health
27 May 2024
Federal government bans 'alarming' production of Ozempic replicas
The federal government will ban compounding pharmacies from producing replicas of popular diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic (Novo Nordisk) following an investigation that found a compounding racket had marketed and sold illegal replicas of the drug in Australia and the United States.
Public health
18 March 2024
Future of health care threatened by declining population
Declining fertility may help our damaged environments, but will create hugely complex social and economic problems and threaten health care as we know it, writes Dr Will Cairns in Part Two of this two-part series.
Public health
22 January 2024
No fluoride in drinking water putting a million Queenslanders at risk
A decision to hand over water fluoridation decisions to local councils in Queensland a decade ago has resulted in more than a million Queenslanders having less access to fluoridated water, putting them at a greater risk of dental disease.
Public health
15 January 2024
Deadly health impact of wood heater smoke
Wood heater smoke in the Australian Capital Territory is estimated to cause similar mortality to the extreme smoke of the Black Summer Bushfires of 2019–20, new research has found.
