COVID-19
State’s grim Covid milestone revealed
Heath Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said there was no national recommendation for masks to return and the state government would continue ...
Qld blindsided by latest Covid-19 wave
The admission comes as the state reported a further 6,682 new cases for the last 24-hour period, with the number ...
Dan’s big plan to help paramedics
Premier Daniel Andrews announced the Victorian virtual emergency department’s capacity would be doubled as part of a $162m health package.Now ...
COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today by ...
WHO’s Science Council launches report calling for equitable expansion of genomics
WHO’s Science Council of experts has issued its first report, on accelerating access to genomics for global health. The report ...
Statement on the twelfth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the twelfth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) ...
States make big call on key Covid rule
A snap meeting of national cabinet agreed to implement a consistent message on mask wearing but stopped short of mandating ...
WHO and I-DAIR to partner for inclusive, impactful, and responsible international research in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) have signed a Memorandum of ...
Urgent call for better use of existing vaccines and development of new vaccines to tackle AMR
<p>WHO today released the first-ever report on the pipeline of the vaccines currently in development to prevent infections caused by ...
Huge Covid rule change not ruled out
The Prime Minister has been under pressure to slash the isolation timeframe from seven to five days after a high-profile ...
Let’s review length of Covid isolation in spring: Perrottet
Mr Perrottet said he had raised the issue with chief health officer Paul Kelly. “Different months create different pressures. influenza ...
Army deployed to aged care amid 857 Covid outbreaks
ADF staff are being sent out to residential aged care to plug the gap as staff fall ill with Covid’s ...
China Covid outbreak grows, millions under lockdown
Using snap lockdowns, long quarantines and mass testing, China is the last major economy still pursuing the goal of eliminating ...
Hospitals struggling to cope as Covid cases soar
At one Greater Sydney hospital an influx of respiratory cases and crippling shortages of staff off sick is putting patients ...
‘Obscene’: Why Aussie nurses are quitting
Health staff are being asked to look after more than three times the number of patients they should, with one ...
Annoying side effect of Covid jab for women
In 2021, questions were raised over people experiencing unexpected menstrual bleeding after receiving the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.An online study surveyed almost ...
‘Absolutely critical’: Covid peak warning
Speaking to reporters after a national cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders on Saturday morning, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...
Victorians to fork out $100m in Covid payments
Daniel Andrews cut his holiday short by two days to join state and territory leaders at Saturday’s national cabinet meeting, ...
Seventeen Covid deaths as virus surges
There are now 749 Covid cases in hospital in Victoria – with 31 active cases in intensive care, including eight ...
Australia’s Covid superjab discovery
Researchers at the University of Sydney have identified a variant proof vaccine they hope to have in human trials early ...
Surprise side-effect of Covid jab for women
In 2021, questions were raised over people experiencing unexpected menstrual bleeding after receiving the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. An online study surveyed ...
Fears as Covid cases surge across Australia
Fewer people appear to be wearing masks and some are even failing to test themselves early to detect the virus.With ...
What Australia can learn from the world about the 4th jab
Despite three doses already doing little to prevent the surge of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, two of the most infectious ...
Albo’s outrageous work from home claim
The Prime Minister on Friday doubled down on his insistence that the government could not reinstate a $750 payment to ...
‘Airmageddon’: Emirates rips into Heathrow for traveller cuts
The global airline issued an aggressive public statement, saying it was “entirely unreasonable and unacceptable”.Emirates said it had reinstated six ...
Experts say students wearing masks is a step too far
Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth said it was disproportionate to expect kids in schools to take on extra ...
Hospitals make rules on the run to beat Covid
Local health districts are slashing the number of visitors, ramping up surveillance testing at hospitals, and mandating N95 face masks ...
QPS to pay teacher over ‘heavy-handed’ tactics in protest arrest
For six months Sean Thomas Brandon’s life has been on hold as he faced a string of charges stemming from ...
Doctor’s livelihood ‘destroyed’ by anti-vax stance
Mark Hobart fronted Victoria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday saying his medical career and North Sunshine Surgery in Melbourne’s northwestern suburbs ...
PM tight-lipped on Covid leave cuts as experts debate iso rule
On Thursday morning Mr Albanese denied responsibility for slashing the multimillion dollar support measures on July 1, claiming it was ...
