Health & Science

The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.

Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

A Lancet Planetary Health study links climate change to a 10% global rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023, adding environmental pressure to an already urgent public health threat.

Laboratory-confirmed salmonella infections in England reached 10,406 in 2025, the highest figure in a decade, prompting renewed warnings about kitchen hygiene and food safety.

Junior doctors in England will walk out for four days from 15 June in their 16th round of strike action, as the long-running dispute with the government over pay restoration shows no sign of resolution.

Live births in England and Wales are at their lowest since 1977, while the age of first-time mothers has also risen.

A devastating measles outbreak in Bangladesh has claimed the lives of hundreds of children in just a few months, overwhelming the country's healthcare system.

A laboratory study suggests mosquitoes can learn to associate DEET with a blood meal under specific conditions, though experts stress that travellers should still use and reapply repellents as directed.

UK screening advisers say routine prostate cancer checks should be offered only to men with a BRCA2 gene variant and a strong family cancer history, because broader testing still risks more harm than benefit.

Researchers have developed UPatch, a proof-of-concept wearable ultrasound device designed to monitor fetal movement, heart rate and blood flow continuously during pregnancy.

One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.

A ban was meant to bring an end to the practice - but councils continue to fund illegal placements.

The individual is one of four former passengers on the MV Hondius isolating on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

Oxford scientists are developing a vaccine candidate for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which has no proven vaccine and is linked to an outbreak in DR Congo that has raised regional health concerns.

NOAA puts the odds of a strong El Nino at 61% by July, and one researcher sees a roughly 50% chance the event becomes the strongest on record.

Astronomers used eclipse timing in 1,590 binary star systems to flag 27 candidate exoplanets, including some that conventional transit hunts would miss.

Hubble Space Telescope images of IRAS 23077+6707 — nicknamed Dracula's Chivito — show the largest known protoplanetary disk, with asymmetric filaments and 10–30 Jupiter masses of material.