COVID-19
Probe into paralysing illness after vaccine
“A possible link between Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine remains under investigation in Australia and internationally,” the ...
Vaccine passports ‘to leave Aussies divided’
The three pop-up injection sites are all located in Sydney and are for younger aged care workers, who were on ...
Vaccine question experts can’t answer
The Prime Minister on Thursday revealed the nation’s top medical experts were investigating overseas figures because there was still “no ...
Push for PM to act on vaccine ‘negativity’
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to launch an advertising blitz to encourage more people to be vaccinated after ...
Aussie’s plea after brother’s India death
Sunil Khanna, 51, an Australian citizen from Harris Park in Sydney’s west, died in hospital in New Delhi late in ...
Qantas imposes more job cuts, wage freeze
A market update to the ASX on Thursday said a two-year wage freeze would also be imposed across the airline’s ...
Chemists to roll out COVID jabs
Up to 56 chemists in rural and regional Queensland will be the first to deliver the AstraZeneca shots following a ...
Aussie’s emotional plea after brother’s India death
Sunil Khanna, 51, an Australian citizen from Harris Park in Sydney’s west, died in hospital in New Delhi late in ...
Scientists’ breakthrough could kill COVID
Nigel McMillan and his team from the Menzies Health Institute at Griffith University, alongside scientists from City of Hope research ...
Claim Gladys better than PM on jabs
The NSW Premier on Monday said about five million NSW residents would need to be vaccinated before international travel would ...
The growth of anti-vaxxers revealed
Digital advocacy group Reset Australia identified and monitored 13 controversial public Facebook groups between January 2020 and March 2021.Memberships grew ...
Scientists’ breakthrough could kill COVID
Nigel McMillan and his team from the Menzies Health Institute at Griffith University, alongside scientists from City of Hope research ...
Shocking number of vaccines unused
According to the latest commonwealth vaccine data, the Northern Territory has the worst rate of vaccine utilisation, closely followed by ...
Most annoying COVID rule scrapped
Earlier this month, a man aged in his 50s from Sydney’s eastern suburbs and his wife became the first locally ...
New way for millions of Aussies to get jab
It has been two weeks since the vaccine was made available to Aussies aged between 50 and 70 but only ...
Cricket stars return as Aussies in India find other flights
Mike Hussey, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, is also set to return on a commercial flight from Doha.It comes just ...
New way for Aussies to get COVID jab
It has been two weeks since the vaccine was made available to Aussies aged between 50 and 70 but only ...
Fears Aus Open could move overseas
A report on Monday said that with border closures set to continue in to 2022, player disquiet with having to ...
More call for Australia to reopen as Hunt marks milestone
Professor Dale Fisher, a Melbourne-born regional infectious disease specialist and an adviser on Singapore’s pandemic strategy, told The Australian that ...
Mykis fail to track virus-exposed passengers
The revelation has prompted an urgent call for Victorians to sign up.It comes as the rates of people wearing masks ...
‘Forgotten’: Qantas and Virgin crews’ COVID jab plea
So far only Western Australian-based flight attendants have been offered the vaccine, although the Victorian Government announced this week cabin ...
‘Am I going to die?’: Grim reality behind long COVID
James McMahon is the head of an infectious diseases research unit at Alfred Hospital and seeking answers as to what ...
Shared property QR codes ‘idiotic’ as no new cases recorded
From May 28, body corporates will be required to ensure codes are set up in common areas and shared facilities, ...
First India flight touches down in Darwin
The Qantas flight departed New Delhi just after 12am AEST on Saturday and was due to touch down in the ...
Citizens shouldn’t pay for quarantine: WHO
Dr Mike Ryan, who heads the WHO’s public health emergencies program, said the International Health Regulation, which has been adopted ...
Domestic flight attendants feel ‘forgotten’
So far only Western Australian-based flight attendants have been offered the vaccine, although the Victorian Government announced this week cabin ...
48 Aussies booked on flight test positive
Northern Territory Health officials confirmed 48 had returned a positive result, while another 24 people had been deemed as close ...
Moderna vaccine coming to Australia: What it means
In 2022, US pharmaceutical company Moderna will supply Australia with 15 million doses of an updated vaccine it is developing ...
When Aussies will get two jabs
The development comes as Moderna has also announced it will supply 25 million vaccines doses to Australia under a new ...
Victoria records no new local cases
The Department of Health confirmed one new case was acquired overseas, with the patient in hotel quarantine.Health officials said 21,984 ...
