On Oct 8, 2026, Australia will ban life insurance companies nationwide from collecting genetic testing results when reviewing applications. The bill has been widely welcomed by stakeholders, including...

Using a highly efficient MOST factorial design, we identified a low-burden, highly scalable intervention for parents living in disadvantaged communities, ready for evaluation in a definitive randomise...

Childhood overweight and obesity have emerged as a major public health challenge across Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), where prevalence rates are among the highest globally.

Mental disorders among Australian youth have increased markedly since 2007, with greater severity and functional impairment.

Japan's universal health coverage system has supported healthy longevity, but now confronts institutional stagnation: widely recognised structural pressures persist without reform of its core architec...

Nearly half of SMAs lack ICU beds. While post-arrival ICU outcomes were similar, residence in an SMA without ICUs was associated with reduced ICU access and higher mortality among critically ill patie...

The narrowing male-female gap, rising early-onset cases among females, and increasing incidence in female never-smokers, particularly those ≥65 years, highlight a shifting lung cancer burden in Singap...

Increased risk of DENV-infection (primarily DENV3) was observed up to 300 days post-SARS-CoV-2 infection (predominantly Omicron). While not irrefutable proof for possible antibody-dependent enhancemen...

These patterns of vaping and smoking in young Australians affirm that regulations and public health initiatives are urgently needed to prevent uptake of all nicotine and tobacco products.

In Taiwan, transgender persons had higher all-cause and suicide mortality than population controls; in within-family comparisons, the suicide mortality excess persisted, indicating influences beyond s...

Migrant workers in the Asia–Pacific face substantial risks of a wide range of occupational injuries and illnesses. Although some studies support the “healthy migrant effect,” this advantage clearly di...

Gram-negative bacterial infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children and neonates globally, compounded by the rise of antimi…

Insulin resistance may be a modifiable risk factor for depression, underscoring the importance of early screening and management of insulin resistance to potentially reduce the burden of depression, e...

This is a unique study of women’s mental health in a multicultural, high-income country, undertaken during conflict occurring in another region of the world. Panic Disorder symptoms, poorer quality of...

Despite stabilization in overall myopia prevalence, the continued rise in high myopia underscores the need for targeted control measures. Projections emphasize the importance of addressing regional di...