Health

Tradies will still have to work with engineered stone when renovating or demolishing existing kitchens and bathrooms, risking exposure to fine silica dust.

Victorian couple Adele and Alex Rae say they were exposed to a "really strong" chemical smell coming from their Samsung fridge, which caused Ms Rae to collapse. They've been offered a refund on the condition they never talk about it again.

If you've had concerns about a loved one's drug use and haven't known how to help them, you're not alone — new research shows most people don't know where to start.

A new study finds "shocking" levels of perpetrating sexual violence among Australians aged 18 to 45, with men the main offenders.

Four people were reported dead in the Portland area and one at Death Valley, California, due to the gripping heat.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, isn't just a northern hemisphere condition. It affects Australians too, and you may be more at risk depending on which state you live in.

After 100 surgeries, Wendy was on so many painkillers she could barely string a sentence together. Sport pulled her back from the brink.

Fertility researchers express alarm at the Victorian government's move to axe its fertility regulator VARTA, which offers free counselling services to families wanting to meet their donors.

Authorities deny a toddler who was taken to a regional hospital via ambulance was turned away after his mum couldn't afford an up-front gap fee to see a doctor.

More people are reportedly feeling lonely after the COVID-19 pandemic, but a community program is helping older South Australians make meaningful social connections.

Four years ago, 10-year-old Bridgette Porter was killed. On the anniversary of her death, her parents are campaigning for justice through Biddy's Voice.    

Two women who endured decades of intimate partner violence have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy — the first cases of CTE in victims of domestic violence in Australia and two of just a handful globally.

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten confirms he will ban sex work from being accessed through the disability insurance scheme, which advocates say would rob participants of the freedom to control their own lives.

The 26-year-old is riding 5,500 kilometres through outback Queensland and New South Wales to help fight the rare cancer that killed her mum, and to help her grieve the loss of both her parents.

Living with Down syndrome, autism and a stoma, CrossFit competitor Jordan Cabrita is proving to the world what adaptive athletes can achieve.

Staff at a state secondary school in south-west Victoria need mental-health and wellbeing support at the school because of threatening student behaviour, according to WorkSafe. The government disagrees. 

Leigh is still grieving what happened to his dad, Maurice, and believes the treatment he received while in Tasmanian aged care facilities "shortened" his father's life. Advocates say it is not an isolated story and points to "bigger issues" in the sector.

During the COVID lockdowns, an online vigilantism soon became a defamation case in the NSW District Court. New legislation is aiming to avoid cases like this from happening again.

For decades, a mainstay of the live music scene was the adolescent "rite of passage" of going out to gigs, concerts and band nights in the back rooms of pubs — but Adelaide industry figures say factors including TikTok and the after-effects of the pandemic are continuing to keep young people away.

Children attending child care get sick more often than those who don't, according to research. But is there light at the end of the tunnel for parents? Here's what we know about childcare illnesses, and how you can prevent your kids from getting worse this winter.

Jet James was eight when his mother died tragically. His journey back from childhood trauma led him in an unexpected direction.

A complaint about a policeman ended Dulcie Flower's stint in a hospital emergency department. But it started a long career focused on improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Having served Australia for more than 30 years, Walter Buldo remains a proud veteran despite the horrors of war witnessed both as a soldier and a civilian. He's 88 and his work is far from done.

The criminal justice system is complex. But imagine being a young offender, with limited access to legal advice, sitting on remand for months in a youth detention centre. That is the reality in Tasmania, but there are calls for change.

Athena Perkusich says her special bond with a horse helps her connect and relax. She is among thousands of young people benefiting from an equine program in the Kimberley.