Food labelling is out of step with healthy diet recommendations and could be improved by including nutrient release rates, according to University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Mike Gidley. The ...

Chronic inflammation that comes with ageing might be due to industrialisation Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to international ...

AI chatbots could spread ‘fake news’ with serious health consequences Trust your doctor, not a chatbot. That’s the stark lesson from a world-first study published today that demonstrates why we ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes ...

EXPERT REACTION: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred downgraded but risks ongoing Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low shortly after making landfall on Friday night. Below, Australian ...

EXPERT REACTION: How will Trump's decisions affect the world? US President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders in his first days back in office, including leaving the World Health ...

The Australian government has committed to imposing an age limit on social media before the next election. The government has not yet decided the age for a social media ban although the Prime Minister ...

The Australian Senate has approved the social media ban for under 16s, with the law set to come into force in a year's time. Platforms that will be subject to the ban likely include Facebook, ...

Areas of China are experiencing outbreaks of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) - an acute respiratory illness that is often responsible for seasonal epidemics. There are currently no vaccines against HMPV, ...

EXPERT REACTION: Association between prenatal exposure to plastics and autism in boys Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has revealed that Australian teens feel sex education is falling short, ...