Mothers and babies at a new $250 million maternity hospital in Melbourne are at risk because of a drastic shortage of money, staff and resources, reports say.
Hundreds of schools across NSW are being supplied with water, at a cost of $150,000 a month, after tests found lead levels much higher than safe maximum levels.
Infectious disease experts are calling on the federal government to reverse funding cuts to help fight "one of the biggest bacterial threats against mankind".
Pollution is now being blamed for making children obese, following new research carried out in Spain.
Eighty per cent of school principals across 25 countries believe students' academic performance is directly linked to their mental health.
Doctors have agreed one super children's hospital should be built in Brisbane but remain deadlocked on the location.
A rally calling for full abortion rights for Victorian women will descend on the steps of Parliament in Melbourne on Saturday.
US scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers.
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama plans to boost the fight against cancer by doubling spending on research, campaign officials said Friday.
Rugby league legend Andrew Johns says it's only a matter of time before celebrity culture pushes a high-profile football player to take his own life.
Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson has defended an outback hospital which had to buy meals from a service station and a local hotel.
The same technology used to assess the risk of cyclones will be put to use in Australia to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely.
A 59-year-old Frenchwoman is due to give birth to triplets after receiving an egg donation in Vietnam, the Paris hospital treating her says.
The Queensland government has enlisted Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman to recruit more indigenous nurses.
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