Queenslanders will be able to catch a bus, train or ferry for just 50 cents but, despite the cost-of-living relief, some hold concerns over the frequency and routes on offer.

Stacy Patterson was in her late 20s and training to be a surgeon when she developed a tremor. While a Parkinson's diagnosis ended that dream, she's found new passions to get excited about.

Compact and portable enough to fit in a backpack, a brain-scanning helmet could close the rural-city divide in stroke outcomes. 

Four years after being diagnosed with a form of breast cancer that's hard to detect, ABC journalist Mary Lloyd goes back to her doctors to find out how women can look out for it.

There's a colour of noise for every mood. But are these sounds really useful for getting to sleep, or concentrating better? That depends on you.

All Indigenous students will be guaranteed a Commonwealth-supported place at the university of their choice, provided they meet entry criteria, as part of a set of reforms designed to make higher education more accessible for all Australians.

Queensland University researchers say the venomous asp caterpillar, known for an excruciating sting, could turn out to be a medical marvel.

Researchers who've studied asp caterpillars say the hair-like bristles that cause the intense pain evolved from the transfer of genes from bacteria more than 400 million years ago.

A funding stoush is brewing over Brisbane's Paralympic Centre of Excellence with the federal government yet to see a pitch, while other stakeholders say the project is "shovel ready".

Research has found that women who had high level of satisfactions in their social relationship had a much lower risk of developing chronic conditions.

Researchers tracked more than 7,600 Australian women aged between 45 and 50 for two decades, asking them about how satisfied they were with their personal relationships. 

Childcare workers in regional Australia are warning of a crisis in the industry, as increasing numbers of them quit because they can't afford to live on their current wage. Shannon Schubert reports.

Australian health authorities are raising awareness of the potentially deadly invasive strep A disease. So what is the illness, why is the invasive version so serious, and what could be behind the rise?

The AI "care bots" can detect health hazards, and let people who are unable to speak or move freely to communicate what they need. 

Domestic and family violence support service providers say reports of threats by intimate partners rose around reporting of anniversaries of such murders, and that women had reported being sent copies of related news stories.

Earth has been hit by radiation levels up to 100 times greater than the most intense solar storm ever recorded at least six times over the past 10,000 years, according to radiocarbon stored in tree rings.

Abby said she saw anorexia as a friend that was with her all the time  — that "friendship" put her in hospital with feeding tubes inserted as her organs almost shut down.

Recent studies had shown the app had a 92 per cent success rate in diagnosing the virus among symptomatic patients, but more clinical trials were needed for it to gain regulatory approval.

Scientists say a tiny sample of an ancient asteroid is shedding new light on the creation of the solar system.

A snacking superworm that eats through polystyrene may hold the key to help recycle plastic waste, researchers say.