Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the government is a step closer to a $15 billion agreement to deliver cheaper medicines and improve access to pharmacies.
A new study will investigate whether cycling to and from work is a health hazard.
A settlement has been reached that could pay up to $US657.5 million to first responders and workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Centre.
British officials are urging Facebook to make a "panic button" available on its web pages after the death of a teenager.
A woman whose botched cosmetic surgery left her looking like she had four breasts has been awarded $3.8m.
US scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of a family and made a discovery - that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.
Impending fathers are sought for a groundbreaking Australian study into dads and how they can also get the baby blues.
A dengue fever outbreak has been declared in the north Queensland town of Tully, with three cases now confirmed.
More than 150,000 Australians have been diagnosed with the vision-destroying condition glaucoma but just as many may have it but don't know.
The World Health Organisation has unveiled landmark new measures to counter the misuse of anti-malaria drugs.
Young male motorcyclists continue to dominate the ranks of those Australians who suffer a spinal cord injury.
Chronic pain sufferers are waiting an average of six months to see a pain specialist in Australia's public health system.
Australia's Aboriginal infant mortality rate is falling and is on track to be equal with the non-indigenous rate by 2018, a new report shows.
Australian cancer researchers have discovered a link between spreading waistlines and some cancers.
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