The Latest Breaking News from Queensland Health

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland, authorities warn rare but potentially fatal bacterial disease occurs when people have significant contact with contaminated water or soil

Patient wait times continue to climb while a maintenance backlog poses major threats, an audit report of one state's health system has found.

Each year, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney surveys hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australia to understand trends in substance use around the country.

From doctors’ offices to family gatherings, larger-bodied people report being bombarded with unsolicited advice about their eating and exercise habits. The underlying message? They “just need to lose weight” to fix almost any health problem.

Hearing about poo is too evocative and gross in most settings – but if there’s something affecting our health, we have to talk about it

Queensland health department praised for campaign to warn against ‘ignoring your need to poo’

Queensland Health lauded for social media campaign raising awareness of the dangers of ‘holding it in’

Multiple deaths at a Brisbane hospital have sparked an independent review, with Queensland's public mental health services under fire.

Proposed laws in Queensland will bring greater scrutiny to IVF and fertility services, as well as the introduction of a donor conception register.