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Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, with limited treatment options and low survival rates.

Here’s what we know about this type of treatment.

Researchers have found a promising way of kicking the AIDS virus out of its hiding place in infected cells, potentially removing the main obstacle to curing HIV.

Babies in Australia have been vaccinated against hepatitis B since May 2000, but 240,000 Australians still live with the disease.

Unlike most other types of drugs, the dose a chemotherapy patient is given isn’t fixed. Instead it’s individually selected based on height, weight and underlying health.

Why are Australian black swans so quick to die from bird flu? A new genome study comparing them to their bird brethren helps to unravel the mystery.

While cancer remains a leading cause of death, survival rates are improving thanks to advances in treatment.

Further tests are needed but a trial showed that, when compared against placebo treatment, those given the drug had a 79% lower risk of developing severe disease.

A more advanced form of radiation may be able to treat early and advanced prostate cancers. Here’s how it works and why it may better preserve erectile function.

Two in three Australians will have a skin cancer in their lifetime, nearly all of them basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, or melanomas.