Health

Doctor with patient. | Newsreel

With 50 more on the way, are urgent care clinics working?

By Henry Cutler Over the weekend the Australian government announced $644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia. This is on top of
Read more 8 March 2025
Djarindjin and Lombadina at sunset, Australia. | Newsreel

New focus on food security in regional communities

Reducing the cost of essential groceries and building a nutrition workforce are among the measures included in a national strategy to improve food security in
Read more 6 March 2025
Overweight woman and doctor. | Newsreel

Gaining health, not losing weight, key to obesity battle

The fight against obesity needs to be focussed on gaining health, not losing weight, according to Australia’s doctors. The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP),
Read more 6 March 2025
Woman receiving injection. | Newsreel

New vaccine points to lifetime COVID and flu immunity

A new vaccine which provides long-term immunity to COVID-19 and multiple influenzas strains from a single dose is a step closer. Cornell University researchers in the
Read more 5 March 2025
Elderly mother and daughter. | Newsreel

Guide to make homes more “dementia-friendly”

A new interactive guide aims to help people with dementia live more independently, for longer, in their homes. Dementia Australia CEO Tanya Buchanan said the interactive
Read more 5 March 2025
Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit Gold Coast. | Newsreel

Mental health rehab centre opens on Gold Coast

A $122 million live-in facility for adults with complex mental health issues has opened on the Gold Coast. The Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (SMHRU), at the
Read more 4 March 2025
Woman looking at food label. | Newsreel

Little benefit from 10 years of food health star ratings

Voluntary health star nutrition ratings introduced in Australia and New Zealand over a decade ago have improved the life expectancy of the Kiwi population by a little
Read more 4 March 2025
Person sad and happy. | Newsreel

Chasing happiness triggers “self-destructive decisions”

Chasing happiness is exhausting and destroys a person’s willpower. Those are the findings of a new study into the “happiness paradox”, a phenomenon where trying to
Read more 4 March 2025
Doctor and patient at Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Extra 10 Urgent Care Clinics planned for Queensland

Queensland will be home to 10 more free Medicare Urgent Care clinics under a plan to increase the number of centres nation-wide to more than 130. Federal Health Minister
Read more 3 March 2025
People doing exercise. | Newsreel

$400 million voucher plan to boost health outcomes

One million vulnerable Australians would have easier access to health and fitness support through a voucher program being promoted by Olympic champion Duncan
Read more 3 March 2025