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Fraud has been on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) radar for years. Now, a new parliamentary report has made 12 recommendations aimed at stopping criminals, dishonest providers and other “bad actors” from exploiting the scheme. The report calls for better information-sharing between g...

In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical trial has opened enrolment today for patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash It’s been a year since Australia launched its National Lung Cancer Screening Program. Since July 2025, about 100,000 Australians have been screened. Now, the big question is no longer whether screening is a good idea. It is whether the health system can follow through afte...

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At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk.

Getty Images As winter takes hold and more people spend time indoors, respiratory illnesses are expected to begin spreading more widely through communities. But while the seasonal return of viruses is familiar, New Zealand’s respiratory landscape is still not quite back to normal. Six years after th...

milorad kravic/Getty Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable”. In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition. But advances in science are challenging this view and we think a cure may be within reach. So what might a cure for asthma actually...

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first comprehensive guidelines for the clinical management of filovirus disease which include all types of Ebola and Marburg viruses. The...

Mark Stebnicki/Pexels Paraquat is one of the world’s most widely used herbicides. It’s also highly toxic and some research points to a link with Parkinson’s disease. Its use is highly restricted in some countries, and banned in others. Towards the middle of 2026, Australia’s pesticides regulator is...