A couple from Cairns in far north Queensland on a medical mission in Pakistan say there is a huge demand for medical care in the flood-ravaged country.

The cause of eye irritations at the Royal Adelaide Show remains under investigation.

A mother has accused authorities of wanting to hide all the consequences of a Tasmanian school science experiment that resulted in HIV and hepatitis testing on high school children.

The Australian Government is warning the dengue fever outbreak in New Delhi could get worse during the Commonwealth Games.

Parents are shocked at how a group of Tasmanian students may have been put at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases during a class experiment.

Cardiology researchers say Indigenous people hospitalised with a common heart disorder are on average 20 years younger than non-Indigenous people.

There will be extra police patrolling Tasmanian cities this weekend as part of a nation-wide crackdown on drunken behaviour.

A new cancer drug has proven capable of shrinking melanomas in clinical trials in Australia.

A Tasmanian Liberal Senator has condemned the Independent Member for Denison's deal with Federal Labor.

A Tasmanian doctor who led a campaign to eliminate human hydatid disease in Tasmania has died.

A hearing into the death of a teenage gymnast has begun in the Industrial Magistrates Court in Townsville in north Queensland.

Questions have been raised about safety protocols in Tasmania's public schools amid fears a science experiment has exposed some students to blood-borne diseases.

The Northern Territory Health Department has rejected the Opposition's claim that there is no evidence that bacteria from stormwater is polluting Darwin's beaches.

Public sector nurses in South Australia have ended industrial action and mediation will begin.

The first dictionary translating anatomical and medical terms from English to an ancient Aboriginal language has been published.

A blind man who claimed discrimination because he could not cast a secret ballot has lost his court case.

The Industrial Magistrates Court in Townsville has heard that a small amount of cannabis was detected in the blood system of a teenage gymnast who died last year.

Health authorities are warning there is an increased risk of mosquito-borne diseases in flood-affected areas of Victoria.

Hundreds of police will be out in force this weekend for a blitz on alcohol-related violence.

Dozens of people have been treated for eye problems at the Royal Adelaide Show after they visited the cattle judging marquee.