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To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.

The SA government is accused of choosing to look after certain communities while neglecting others.

Last financial year, the Australian government spent almost A$29 billion on Medicare. Most was spent on primary care – a patient’s usual first contact with the health system when sick or injured, such as GP, allied health and diagnostic services. Every year, this spending increases.

The recently released Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report found more people are delaying care or attending emergency departments because they can’t get in to see a GP.

A Victorian MP calls on the state government to intervene in contract negotiations between Grampians Health and a Stawell GP whose resignation has devastated residents.

Regional Australia has been suffering from health worker shortages for years. The ABC wants to hear your story about when you were unable to get the medical help you needed — or if you're still waiting.

General practice is overstretched and chronically underfunded, but many doctors still offer an almost magically good service, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The TGA is investigating social media influencers for illegally promoting highly sought-after weight loss drug Ozempic on TikTok.

While the UK's emergency rooms struggle with ambulance queues, patients in corridors and long wait times, the A&E department at the UMC hospital in Amsterdam tells a very different story

It can be tough to access front-line health care outside the cities and suburbs. For the seven million Australians living in rural communities there are significant challenges in accessing health care due to serious workforce shortages, geographic isolation and socioeconomic disadvantage. This results in rural people having poorer quality of…

Health inequities between Pākehā and Māori are often framed as complex and difficult to change. But making access to GPs and dentists free will not only save money, it will ensure Māori rights to good governance and equity under te Tiriti o Waitangi are upheld.