Climate change and the growing population in tropical and subtropical regions are accelerating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, posing urgent public health challenges worldwide.
Improved hospital cleaning practices can dramatically combat the incidence of healthcare-associated infections, with a new trial showing a 35% reduction.
As more cases of the virus emerge outside Africa, there are significant concerns about its potential to escalate, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
In a world first, researchers are harnessing data science to describe and predict when resistance to antibiotics will emerge during treatment for a bacterial infection.
Early identification is the first step in addressing malnutrition. This requires systematic routine screening processes.
Fifteen years of patient data has revealed an important link between hospital-acquired infections and seizure and epilepsy onset.
The first case of H5N1 bird flu was reported in Australia last week. Is the world prepared for what could lead to the next pandemic?
Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun, and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the fight against the widespread illness.
Influenza vaccines are recommended annually, but there’s now an increasing number of different vaccine types. Here’s what to know about this year’s shots.
A recent review has found that almost three in 10 adult hospital patients in high-income countries may have the deficiency.
A new trial is looking for chemical markers in the breath of people with silicosis. A second project will test drugs that may help lung scarring.
The world’s most advanced artificial heart, including a pipeline of transformative, next-generation cardiac technologies, are set to be developed and commercialised by a Monash University-led consortium.
The groundbreaking identification of a specific T-cell receptor in healthy people without lupus has the potential to treat not only that disease, but approximately 100 autoimmune diseases known to have a similar pathology.
New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.
The TGA has just approved a vaccine against RSV for Australians over 60. Here’s where protection is up to for the youngest children, who are also at risk from the virus.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
To create robust and adaptable digital crisis response centres, we need to have a better understanding of how first responders behave and act during a disaster situation.
What began as a heart research project looking at ways to understand a potentially fatal but preventable disease has evolved from the biomedical into one more in keeping with an Indigenous perspective.
Hotter, drier conditions associated with El Niño can be detrimental to our health. These tips may help.
Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
A review indicates that both cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis show great promise as antivirals in laboratory research, and could be used to treat infections including COVID-19.
A new study is exploring how to improve gastrointestinal problems that plague endurance athletes, including nausea, vomiting, bloating and diarrhoea.
Despite the thalidomide experience, research into the effects of medication during pregnancy is inadequate, including in cases where pregnant women need to continue their medication.
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