COVID-19
Virus alert for thousands in Melbourne
The DHHS said fragments were detected in a large catchment area, stretching from the north-western suburbs to the outer north-east ...
Pfizer CEO’s new COVID jab warning
CEO Albert Bourla also said annual vaccinations against the coronavirus may well be required.“We need to see what would be ...
Gladys 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 ...
How pandemic changed the house hunt
A lengthy lockdown of Melbourne’s metropolitan areas last year prompted a surge of people wanting to buy regional properties.NAB executive, ...
Most hated COVID rule finally scrapped
For the last two weeks, in an effort to curb any community transmission of COVID-19 following an outbreak from the ...
Fauci’s virus warning to Australia; Denmark dumps Astra jab
Dr Fauci, who made the comments the University of NSW’s inaugural David Cooper Lecture on Wednesday, said the best way ...
Five new COVID cases in Victoria
The cases bring Victoria’s active cases in hotel quarantine to eight and mark the biggest number of new cases in ...
‘Embarrassing’: Vaccine rollout laughable
The overhaul of the Australia’s vaccination program follows new health advice that no longer recommends the AstraZeneca jab for people ...
Virgin boss reveals first overseas flights
Short-haul overseas routes to Bali and the Pacific will be among the first to resume, Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka ...
ScoMo accused of ‘pointing fingers’
The Prime Minister has returned national cabinet to “war footing” after experts no longer recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine be ...
Fears PPE ‘inadequate’ for health workers
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union said it still had no assurances from Queensland Health that proper fit testing and ...
PM puts cabinet back on war footing
The country’s jabs rollout has fallen well short of initial expectations, compounded further by blood clotting concerns with the AstraZeneca ...
Morrison’s desperate ploy for vaccines
The cabinet figure will fly out to Europe followed by the UK on Thursday for his first international trip in ...
All the restrictions to ease in Brisbane
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the welcome announcement on Wednesday, more than two weeks after the state was plunged into a ...
Australia rules out one-jab vaccine
The revelations follow damning advice last week that the AstraZeneca vaccine was no longer recommended for people aged under 50. ...
Seventh person dies from virus in Qld
The 80-year-old returned traveller died in hospital after contracting coronavirus overseas. He was diagnosed while in hotel quarantine and admitted ...
Virus case detected off Australian coast
Premier Mark McGowan said a man aged in his 50s became ill on April 8 on-board bulk carrier AquaGenie, off ...
Veterans urged to join Anzac Day parade
Just 900 of a possible 5500 marchers have so far signed up.World War II veterans — most aged in their ...
State govt wants COVID vaccines redirected
The state has not used about 80,690 doses of the vaccine given to it by the federal government, having administered ...
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
The COVAX Facility has now delivered life-saving vaccines to over 100 economies since making its first international delivery to Ghana ...
Meeting of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of guidelines for safe abortion care
WHO has released new details regarding membership of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of the ...
Interim statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) has reviewed reports of rare cases of ...
WHO launches Progress Indicators to measure access to assistive technology
Today, 1 billion people globally need assistive technology to lead healthy, productive and dignified lives but only 1 in 10 ...
Three things stopping vaccine jab
Acting Premier James Merlino said on Monday the pause would continue until three things were resolved.These include consumer information from ...
Alisson Becker and WHO Foundation launch campaign to raise resources and support treatment for COVID-19 patients starting in the Americas
“Give a Breath for Health” campaign launched on World Health Day to kickstart global effort for purchasing oxygen and other ...
Doctors’ plan to speed up nation’s vaccine rollout
It comes after Scott Morrison vowed he would not set a goal for the completion of first doses, instead saying ...
‘Petrifying’ COVID death toll avoided
State leaders were given advice – and the shocking prediction – from the health department at the height of the ...
PM axes COVID vaccine target
Mr Morrison said there were too many uncertainties involved in the rollout to set new targets.“The government has also not ...
‘Superspreader’ party numbers grow
Chief health officer Jeannette Young said serology revealed that the woman had been infected despite four previous tests returning negative ...
One new virus case in hotel quarantine
The Health Department confirmed the positive case in a tweet on Saturday morning.“Yesterday there was 1 new case reported,” it ...
