COVID-19
Twist in vax mandate court fight
The Herald Sun can reveal lawyers for more than 100 Victorians fighting against the mandates will next week seek to ...
Shocking allegations of Covid grant fraud
Service NSW chief executive Damon Rees told a budget estimates hearing some programs have a suspected fraud rate of up ...
Brain damage, shrinkage: Horror new long Covid find
A mild case of Covid-19 can cause “significant” damage to the brain, and the shock extent of the neurobiological harm ...
Hope for CBD as offices slowly start to fill
The Property Council of Australia’s latest Office Occupancy Survey found Melbourne reached 15 per cent occupancy, compared to a record ...
Woman dies as Covid hospitals spike
“Sadly, WA Health has confirmed one person who tested positive for Covid-19 – a female in her 40s with other ...
Victoria records big change in Covid deaths
In Victoria, 5046 new infections and four Covid deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours.There were 219 infected people ...
City foot traffic soars as office workers return
Pedestrian sensors in the city recorded a week-on-week uptick, with activity at the Bourke St Bridge – a thoroughfare for ...
WA reaches grim Covid milestone
There were 2289 new cases overnight, of which only 10 were travel-related.Just over 1500 were confirmed by a PCR test ...
Alarming number of CBD workers won’t return
In a devastating blow to Melbourne’s CBD, Premier Daniel Andrews says just 60 per cent of workers are likely to ...
World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity
More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. This ...
WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
This ninth update of WHO’s guideline on therapeutics includes a recommendation that casirivimab-imdevimab not be used for patients infected with ...
World leaders and experts call for action to protect the environment from antimicrobial pollution
World leaders and experts today called for global action to reduce antimicrobial pollution recognising this as critical to combatting rising ...
New Zealand and WHO: partnering for a healthier future
Geneva, 25 February 2022 – On the occasion of the Human Rights Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, ...
COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according ...
Major backflip on cops’ vaccine mandate
Back in November last year, a direction was issued under the Emergency Management Act making it compulsory for all SA ...
Health official grilled over Covid calls
The state’s capital, Melbourne, earnt the title of most locked-down city in the world, forcing its residents to stay at ...
Mattress giant’s dig at McGowan
The company said like Mark McGowan, the Cushy Sofa Bed was “best known for its ability to open and close ...
Victoria’s busiest vax hubs revealed
Exclusive new data obtained by the Herald Sun has revealed that Victorian health services have delivered more vaccines than any ...
Why WA hard border could return
There were many emotional family reunions at Perth Airport on Thursday, with quarantine-free travel allowed again after almost 700 days ...
Where new mental health clinics will open
More than 20 new mental health centres have been slated to open from the middle of next year as the ...
‘Absolutely brutal’: Mum’s border heartbreak
The forbidden state enforced harsh border measures for more than 700 days, with WA isolating itself from the rest of ...
‘Toughest month’ ahead for WA
On Wednesday, WA reported 1766 new local cases of Covid-19 and four linked to out-of-state arrivals.That follows 1179 new cases ...
Charles opens up about Queen’s Covid battle
Prince Charles, who also recently recovered from the virus, allegedly spoke to a golf course administrative worker named Janice Jacom ...
Only one reason to use Novavax as booster
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab is also no longer recommended for use as a booster in people who got the jab initially, ...
Shock finding on paracetamol
The University of Sydney study found that taking these common pain medications immediately before or after getting vaccinated could reduce ...
ScoMo gives Covid update from isolation
In a video shared to Facebook, the Prime Minister was keen to take the focus off his sickness and onto ...
‘Developing a fever’: PM tests positive for Covid
Mr Morrison released a statement late on Tuesday night confirming he had contracted the virus and would be “recovering over ...
7126 new cases, spike in Covid deaths
Victoria has recorded 7126 new Covid cases, along with 28 deaths.It’s the biggest spike in deaths since 41 fatalities were ...
Shock finding about pain relief drugs and Covid
Taking paracetamol (Panadol) or ibuprofen (Nurofen) before or immediately after your Covid vaccine, or any vaccine, could reduce the body’s ...
‘Real incentives’ needed to entice workers back to city
Monday’s long-awaited return to city workplaces was certainly no stampede, prompting the opposition to call for “real incentives” – such ...
