Caitlyn Gribbin

The medicines regulator issues a health alert about the risks of using unregulated peptides amid a surge in the use of potentially unsafe injectables.

The federal government is closely monitoring an outbreak of Nipah virus in India but has not received any advice to tighten border controls at this stage. 

Emergency departments, medical centres and first responders are dealing with a surge in heat-related illness across Australia's south-east as temperatures soar to near record levels.

More than 1,000 people got in touch directly with the ABC to share their experiences with migraine and now the experts have weighed in.

A program introduced in Australia in 2018 has led to thousands of fewer babies born early each year, according to a new study.

Qualified registered nurses will soon be able to write prescriptions for medications, in a bid to ease pressure on a stressed public healthcare system.

Almost fifteen-hundred calls were made last year to Australia's poisons hotlines about children taking melatonin, as more parents turn online to buy unregulated products like gummies.

Patients have been left blindsided by Monash IVF's decision to temporarily halt treatments using donated eggs and sperm in New South Wales.

A new survey has revealed the prevalence of migraines is far worse in Australian women than experts previously estimated.

A new survey has found women with injuries after childbirth are experiencing diagnosis delays, which has severe mental health consequences. Maternal health advocates say the survey results are confronting and a sign the health system is failing women. A warning this story contains discussion of suicide.