On today's show: * What is happening with children in the UK? * What about younger adults suffering from stroke in America? * Is loss of sense of taste and smell a good enough symptom to get tested? * How does COVID-19 possibly change the way we think?

How's your sleep going? Monash University is asking us to volunteer for their latest sleep study, which even examines the nature of our dreams during the pandemic lockdown.

A tantalising glimpse of how Hendrix's genius might have progressed.

Sue Prince turned to house-sitting when her home was repossessed but advocates say the trend could be hiding the true picture of homelessness in Australia.

Native plant sales jump 70 per cent for South Australian nursery as rain and physical distancing provide boost for local nurseries.

Despite not being able to help his niece as she battled aplastic anaemia, Daniel Roberts stayed on the bone marrow donor list, and just two years later he was reduced to tears when he got the call.

For police officers and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the regional Queensland city of Bundaberg, boxing together is a way to move on from a legacy of negative interaction.

Doctors are shocked by how quickly this season's flu is striking down the young and healthy. Last year, Amanda Nix was doing Tough Mudder, but a few weeks ago she was struck down with the infection, blacking out in an emergency ward as it took hold.

Would you be willing to be infected with coronavirus if there was a chance of speeding up a vaccine? Thousands of young health people have put their hand up.

Five people including a young toddler contract measles in the first significant WA outbreak in 20 years, with a New Zealand tourist blamed for bringing the highly contagious virus to the state.

Alison Coats was juggling a new job at an inner-city law firm and raising three young boys when her life "imploded". She is just one of a growing number of people who have struggled to stretch the household budget to pay the bills.

They are a select group of people who live in places that would never be possible today, and have refused every effort to get them to move on.

Mark Wadeson was sleeping rough and battling cancer and overzealous council workers now his life is looking up and he's keen to be a voice for the underdogs.

Northern Territorians are hitting the roads, pools and sportsgrounds in droves today, for the beginning of one of Australia's largest wind backs of coronavirus restrictions.

The charity food provider, Foodbank, says there has been a big increase in middle class people seeking help in regional WA this holiday period.

Pledging to quit smoking, lose weight and get fit is pretty popular on New Years' Eve, so why do many people fail?

What does it take to prepare for a pandemic? Many hospitals around the world are already overwhelmed by patients infected with COVID-19. Australian doctors and nurses are bracing for something most of them have never faced before. In our country hospitals, resources are already stretched: beds are in short supply and there’s a greater proportion of older people. Preparation will, in many cases, be the difference between life and death.
 ABC National Regional Reporter Jess Davis takes us inside the Wimmera Base Hospital in Horsham, Victoria, as the team tries to prepare for the unimaginable.

Coolah and Dunedoo are neighbouring towns, both with no visible Aboriginal community, and the reason why is complex with reports of massacres, movements and missing pieces of history.

How the Wiradjuri people, indigenous to the Central West of New South Wales, survived European settlement.

A program to house homeless individuals in Perth hotels is abandoned after more than half the 20 people who were given accommodation at the start of the scheme chose to leave early.

Authorities in a 'dry' Queensland community say illegal alcohol poses one of the biggest health threats to its people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five people have serious injuries after an explosion at Grosvenor coal mine at Moranbah in central Queensland's Bowen Basin.

Walgett Cafe 64 closes its doors due to dwindling income revenue caused by coronavirus.

Mr Millard says all residents have been provided mobile phones but it's not always possible to assist with calls.

A program preparing young Indigenous people for work in Dubbo is now operating a lime farm and selling the produce.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard urges people to continue to observe social distancing measures on Mother's Day.

A small town with very dark secrets where racism and mistrust are the order of the day.

The remains of a 77-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman are found on a property destroyed in the bushfires which ripped through northern NSW earlier this week.

The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Tasmania jumps to 16, with five cases being diagnosed on Saturday, the director of public health says.

Hospitals across Tasmania have banned visitors, but one Hobart doctor is helping patients stay in touch with their loved ones during coronavirus pandemic by asking people to "donate" their iPads.

The chair of Australia's Bushfire Royal Commission says the evidence from those affected by the nation's catastrophic bushfire season will be critical in "applying the lessons learnt so that we can do things better in the future".

Seven people face charges related to alleged breaches of coronavirus self-isolation directions after police raid a gathering in Tasmania's north-east.

Lavender farms are seeing a spike in online traffic as consumers stock up on essential oils and pillow sprays, even their own plants.

Tributes are flowing in following the death of David Ruston, an internationally renowned rose expert, who is being remembered for bringing roses into the gardens of "everyday" Australians.

The lure of the outback beckons for young people with a taste for adventure and unique career opportunities.

The only sexual health clinic that is free for all Victorians is under enormous strain. Consultations have doubled in the past decade and sometimes the Carlton clinic is so busy, it has to turn people away.

Police arrest dozens of young suspects in crimes such as carjackings and aggravated burglaries as they admit street gangs have "absolutely" become a problem in Melbourne.

Hakeem al-Araibi's story is testament to the adage "the power of one". This is how former Socceroos captain Craig Foster led a global campaign to free the fellow footballer who was wrongfully imprisoned overseas and exposed bureaucratic slip-ups that landed him there.

Every fortnight, dozens on Indigenous students of all ages arrive at Noorla Heritage Resort in Ingham in north Queensland. They spend the week running the resort and working towards qualifications in small business, hospitality, management and tourism.

A photographic project that combines health and the arts is helping people with disabilities to produce digitally altered self portraits that powerfully tell their stories

Experts say the landmark High Court 'Crocodile case', which granted Indigenous Australians the right to fish and hunt for traditional foods, is still significant 20 years later.

This used to be the quiet time of year on Victoria's famous stretch of coastline, but locals say that's changing.

Gay and lesbian culture has been long associated with the city, often to the detriment of LGBT people in rural Victoria who felt they could never be accepted.

Backyard beekeeping is abuzz with popularity with long waitlists to own a hive in some parts of Victoria.

This year's NAIDOC Week theme is Voice. Treaty. Truth. But the truth is that many Indigenous people feel voiceless when it comes to expressing where Australia stands on treaty today.

Purebred or mixed-breed Staffordshire terriers have killed at least four people in Australia in the past six months but the RSPCA says a dog's breed alone is not a reliable predictor of aggressive behaviour.