The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug for Alzheimer's disease in nearly two decades. But not everyone is welcoming the decision. Here in Australia, authorities are considering whether to also give Aducanumab the green light.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug for Alzheimer's disease in nearly two decades.

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, one expert came to the fore as a trusted voice, not just in his home country of the United States, but around the globe: Dr Anthony S Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectio

Q&A: differences in life expectancy; what's behind autoimmune diseases; treating tinnitus

If you have cancer, there are lots of factors that will influence your chances of recovery. The type of cancer, how early it's diagnosed and the treatment you receive, but also things like your age, whether you're overweight or obese, and whether you're a

Australia has been one of the world's leading nations in the prevention and prompt treatment of heart attacks. The health care system might be terrific at getting you home in good shape but what happens over the next few years?

When babies are born premature and very small, time is of the essence. These little ones often can't breathe, feed or maintain their body temperature on their own and keeping them alive involves putting supports around them quickly.

It's a condition that's kept many parents awake at night comforting a crying, feverish child who turns out to have a middle ear infection - otitis media. Some parents have to deal with this again and again and become worried about the amount of antibiotic

Q&A: why we brush our teeth; can kissing be explained; safety of Pfizer booster; prolonged sitting; best diet

There are many many vaccines under development in the hope of becoming the second generation to follow the existing ones, or to fight the variants each year. These vaccines will have to go through repeated extensive trials - and a recent study has found t