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Another 25,000 cancer patients will be able to access cutting-edge technology that opens the door to more targeted treatment.

Nurses and midwives have stepped up a pay dispute with the Tasmanian government, walking off the job at two southern hospitals.

ABC News Loop speaks to social media influencers being paid thousands of dollars to promote illegal peptides, and we take you inside the unregulated Chinese labs that make them.

All Kenzie Riddle wanted for her 13th birthday was to meet US singer Benson Boone. Thanks to a viral video on Instagram, her dream became a reality.

Experts say music helps young people find mental wellbeing. But community music program organisers say they need more funding to bring people together.

Like many women in their 30s and 40s, Australian bowler Megan Schutt was diagnosed with ADHD later in life. The T20 world champion sat down with ABC Sport to talk medication, mum guilt on tour and her decision to retire from ICC tournaments.

Daniel Turnbull died after drinking 237 cups of water while under 24-hour surveillance in a prison cell. Experts warn the use of isolation cells to manage mental health risks are only placing prisoners in more danger.

An Adelaide club baseballer struck by a ball in an "horrific freak accident" during a weekend game has permanently lose sight in his right eye, his close friend and former teammate says.

An endo-gynaecologist specialising in pelvic floor treatments has been named the South Australia's 2027 Australian of the Year in a ceremony where the former recipient doubled down on her wish to secure a spot on a future space mission.

Another 25,000 cancer patients will be able to access cutting-edge technology that opens the door to more targeted treatment.

Police investigate an alleged sexual assault on a nurse by a patient at the high-security Thomas Embling Hospital this week.

The Northern Territory health department has issued a ban to its staff around the use of smart glasses, as part of an internal department review into its privacy policies triggered by a recent breach.

IVF, elective abortions, voluntary assisted dying and gender reassignment surgeries are set to cease if the sale of two Newcastle hospitals is approved.

A woman aged in her 30s has died in Royal Darwin Hospital after contracting leptospirosis while hunting near a billabong in a remote Top End community.

A new tablet version of Wegovy, a peptide used to help people lose weight, has been approved for the first time in Australia.

A study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found more than one third of infants diagnosed with a peanut allergy may actually be able to tolerate the food.

The term "glass child" doesn't resonate with everyone who has a sibling living with a chronic illness, mental illness or disability, but this is what it means. 

A home owner whose property was targeted in a shooting says she has been financially and psychologically impacted, with no-one to turn to.

A Tasmanian pensioner is weighing up whether pay out-of-pocket fees for an urgent procedure after waiting for more than three months in the public health system.

A new analysis suggests key life transitions, including perimenopause and menopause, can intensify body image concerns for older women.

When Hobart resident Emma Thornley put a load of whites in her washing machine on Tuesday morning, she was not expecting it to come out covered in dark-orange stains.

A New South Wales man has appeared in a Tasmanian court accused of being involved in trafficking in both methamphetamine and cocaine.

The union for pathology workers says the timing of hundreds of job cuts at Mater hospitals in Brisbane and Springfield "could hardly be worse".

Experts say there is a "plethora" of social media content about the hormone, which is often unhelpful in explaining why it's essential.

A belt of naturally occurring asbestos runs through parts of central west NSW, and those living on unsealed roads in the area are looking for reassurance about their safety.

Simon Craig resigns from a health service at the centre of a years-long political storm over the controversial $558 million redevelopment of Albury's hospital.