Nathan Gray is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an artist who draws comics on medical topics. @NathanAGray
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
A man has been committed to stand trial for the manslaughter of his 69-year-old father, who died of a heart attack 11 months after allegedly being abducted.
Indonesia's Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province has erupted and is spewing white-and-grey ash plumes, with 11 climbers killed.
Labor MP Peta Murphy has died at the age of 50 following a battle with breast cancer, the prime minister has announced.
Commuters could face travel disruptions as a union threatens to bring the entire regional public transport network to a halt over a pay stand-off.
A mother and daughter who claimed to be providing engineering training - including to qualified engineers - scammed two Victorian TAFEs out of $2 million.
A pledge to reopen New Zealand's waters to oil and gas exploration has won the country the "Fossil of The Day" award at the COP28 climate talks.
Christmas ham has become a political issue with a minister urging supermarkets to freeze its prices as the major chains face an inquiry into price gouging.
Extremists groups are infiltrating virtual gaming platforms such as Roblox and using violent simulations to radicalise young Australians, the AFP warns.
Former Greens leader Bob Brown and two other activists are fighting trespass charges over an anti-logging protest in Tasmania.
A judicial inquiry is reviewing the convictions of the so-called "Croatian Six", who were jailed over an alleged 1979 plot to blow up targets across Sydney.
Two-time Test paceman Michael Neser has withdrawn from the Prime Minister's XI match with soreness.
The worst offenders recently released from immigration detention could soon be locked up again with the government pushing for new laws to pass this week.
The couple went viral for their lavish 'wedding of the century'. But the honeymoon period was very short lived.
An employee of a Blackmores subsidiary has claimed the firm terminated him instead of dealing with health concerns raised about two of its vitamin products.
Other nations should should consider nuclear energy to help reach net-zero emissions by 2050, the French Foreign Minister says.
The Australia-France relationship will take a step forward as a deal on Pacific co-operation is unveiled while the foreign minister is visiting Canberra.
Indianapolis beat Tennessee 31-28 in overtime in an NFL thriller on Sunday after Michael Pittman's late touchdown.
A police funeral to honour the life of officer Jason Doig, who was killed at an isolated rural property, has been told he was kind, caring, generous and unique.
Commonwealth Games Australia chief Craig Phillips says it's increasingly likely the next edition of the event will be shifted outside the nation.
A territorial dispute between Venezuelan and neighbouring Guyana is the subject of a referendum championed by Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
