Click-Sick, a three part Science Friction series from ABC Science and ABC Radio National, hunts down the sources, considers the harms, and shines a spotlight on fake health claims.

The COVID-19 virus almost certainly came from bats, jumping from an animal species to us humans.

While there are very few genes which could be called Alzheimer's genes, there is one in particular which is known to increase your risk.

Each year in Australia, mistakes in diagnosis account for an estimated 21,000 people being harmed, up to 4,000 deaths and many malpractice claims.

When it comes to predicting health risk, what’s more important: what you eat or what you weigh?

Abnormal sleep patterns might be one way of helping early detection but another could be a blood test, believe it or not.

An Australian study of day and nighttime sleeping problems in teenagers and young adults has shown a subsequent risk of potentially serious mental health issues such as psychosis.

The George Institute has launched a project called Join Us, which aims to recruit a million Australians who consent to be contacted if there's a study they could be involved in.

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic gives us some clues.

Patient Zero is a new podcast from ABC Science and RN that tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin, why they happen and how we found ourselves in the middle of a really big one.