COVID-19
Victorian man tests positive in COVID shock
The patient, who travelled from Perth on Wednesday April 21 after serving two weeks quarantine, was identified as a close ...
Victoria records first local case in 56 days
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed on Friday a Victorian man contracted the virus in a Perth quarantine hotel before ...
Sydney outbreak fears spread to new state
Victorian health officials rushed to track down the six people after they were identified as close contacts in a NSW ...
‘Vaccine reset’ will help Aus; PNG to get 1m doses
“The latest advice indicates, just as we had with flu, age limits for some vaccines should be used for younger ...
Pfizer responds to Brisbane clot case
The 40-year-old, who works as a police officer in a quarantine hotel, presented at a private hospital on Wednesday suffering ...
Urgent virus warning for Vic arrivals
The Department of Health on Wednesday advised: “Anyone who has travelled to Victoria from Auckland since April 17 to monitor ...
Turning your side hustle into dream job
This is according to nationwide Project Resolution research from GoDaddy, which also found only half of Aussie workers are happy ...
New hotel quarantine cases confirmed
The WA Health Department said in a statement late on Wednesday that the previously reported infections were initially listed as ...
Syringe shortage could mean wasted Pfizer vaccine
Data obtained by the Herald Sun showed the Department of Health had taken shipment of just 1.89 million low dead ...
Digital technologies for health financing:
<p>Digital innovation for health care and illness prevention with its potential to transform health-service delivery has received strong public attention ...
WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
The World Health Organization and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) today signed a memorandum of understanding to scale up ...
WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
<p> </p><p>Today on World Chagas Disease Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for comprehensive and equitable access to health ...
New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
The World Health Organization’s new Global Diabetes Compact aims to bring a much-needed boost to efforts to prevent diabetes and ...
Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
<p>UNAIDS and WHO have supported mathematical modelling to establish the benefits of continuing HIV services compared to the potential harm ...
You could be jabbed sooner than expected
The Prime Minister said there were “strong, strong arguments” to bring forward the vaccination of people aged over 50 from ...
Brett Sutton rumour slapped down
Acting Premier James Merlino on Monday said Professor Sutton was still working tirelessly behind the scenes, despite not having fronted ...
All your vaccine hub questions answered
People in phases 1a and 1b can get vaccinated. Phase 1A: quarantine and border workers, frontline health care workers, aged ...
Axed Aussie jab hugely effective as Fauci defends Aussie rollout
Sixty seven of the 68 people who took part in the jab’s phase one safety study who received two doses ...
Unannounced vets could still march on Anzac Day
The Herald Sun can reveal organisers will not immediately turn away veterans who haven’t registered but stress it’s strongly preferred.It’s ...
Fallout from vaccine’s blood clot link
Three cases of thrombosis with a low platelet count have been reported in Australia, with one 48-year-old woman dying in ...
Aus-NZ travel bubble opens: What you must know
From how it works, to where you’ll be able to fly to and how travel insurance applies, here’s what you ...
‘Momentous occasion’ not seen in 400 days
On Monday morning, Qantas launched its first quarantine-free international flight to New Zealand, nearly 400 days since international borders first ...
Australia’s game-changing plan for COVID vaccine
Greg Hunt says the federal government has a “very high interest” in producing mRNA vaccines, potentially including the Pfizer and ...
‘Thought bubble’: Quarantine plan blasted
Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday at home quarantine for returning travellers could be a “pathway to (a) progressive ...
Stranded Aussie’s UN legal win
The committee on Thursday made the request as it considers if Australia’s strict pandemic border rules breach international law, through ...
Two new COVID cases for Victoria
It is the largest number of active cases COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria has dealt with since international flights into Victoria resumed. ...
Push for ‘realistic’ vaccine targets
The opposition call comes after Scott Morrison reignited debate over home quarantine, revealing he had asked medical experts to develop ...
‘Don’t cancel’: Plea for calm on vax fears
Chief medical officer Paul Kelly said the cause of the woman’s death had yet to be determined, but that should ...
Woman’s death ‘likely linked to vaccination’
The 48-year-old woman from the Central Coast received the vaccine on the morning of April 8, prior to the decision ...
Premier in the dark on woman’s death
The death of the woman in her 40s has prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration and NSW Health officials to seek ...
