08 Feb 2024
Prime Minister launches pop-up display celebrating 40 years of Medicare
On 6 February, a special '40 years of Medicare' pop-up display was launched at Australian Parliament House in Canberra.
07 Feb 2024
$35 million to fight blindness with artificial corneas
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is supporting next generation technology that aims to fight blindness with bioengineered corneas.
06 Feb 2024
$20 million for research into childhood brain cancers
The Australian Government has announced $20 million for research into new treatments for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and other childhood brain cancers. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
02 Feb 2024
Celebrating 40 years of Medicare
In 2024, Australia is celebrating 40 years of Medicare, the backbone of Australia’s world-class health system.
01 Feb 2024
Improving cancer outcomes by helping regional patients join clinical trials
Cancer specialist Associate Professor Craig Underhill is leading an ambitious program to improve cancer outcomes in regional Victoria by 2025. He is giving patients access to new treatments by increasing their access to clinical trials.
25 Jan 2024
Business and Workforce Advisory Service is now available
Aged care providers can now access free business and workforce advice.
24 Jan 2024
Recognising the Nominees of the 2024 Senior Australian of the Year Award
The annual Senior Australian of the Year Award recognises the outstanding achievements of older people across each state and territory in Australia.
23 Jan 2024
Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – Issues Paper 1 released today
Today we released the first issues paper as part of the Scope of Practice review.
18 Jan 2024
Smart glasses could help people who are blind or vision impaired navigate by sound
Augmented reality glasses combine machine vision and AI to add digital information to what we see. Entrepreneur Robert Yearsley is adapting this technology to help people who are blind or vision impaired navigate by spatial sound.
14 Jan 2024
Make STI testing your Beforeplay – campaign launched today
We have launched a new sexually transmissible infection (STI) campaign. The national advertising campaign aims to increase awareness, testing and prevention of STIs that are on the rise in young people.