In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.

A rare antibody in the blood of the Australian railway clerk was used to create 3 million doses of an injection needed to protect newborns and prevent stillbirths.

The bushfires on Tasmania's west coast have now burned nearly 95,000 hectares in hard-to-access terrain. Here's how that compares to the devastating fires of 2018-19 — and what comes next.

A natural experiment including more than 200,000 people who received a shingles vaccine reveals that, within 6 years of vaccination, the recombinant vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia t...

A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly publishing standards.1,2 As editors and members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), we receive queries about these “predatory” or “pseudo” entities and are subject to their deception when they target our authors and reviewers. The number of predatory journals is difficult to accurately determine but was estimated at more than 15 000 in 2021.3 While the ICMJE Recommendations include warnings about predatory publishing,4 the Committee believes that the large number of increasingly bold predatory entities warrants shining a bright light on them and considering actions stakeholders can take to counter their deceptive efforts.

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Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

Tasmania's south-eastern ocean is experiencing a rare bioluminescent red algal bloom that bursts into vibrant blue at night time. A biologist warns that the dazzling colours may indicate an imbalance ...

The seasonal influenza vaccine contains strains of viruses from distinct subtypes that are grown independently and then combined. However, most individuals exhibit a more robust response to one of the...

We should remember his fearlessness in the cause of peace, and his faith in the democratic institutions he fought to protect Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. The former president’s passing followed that of former first lady Rosalynn Carter,…

Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.

A recent report published in Science Advances concluded that most great whale species have an’ unrecognized potential for great longevity’

At the beginning of the 2018–2020 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), no vaccine had been licensed. However, cluster-randomized evidence from Guinea...

The last thing Australia energy market needs is nuclear power. The data is clear - more renewables will lead to cheaper electricity.

New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.