COVID-19
My Health Record COVID vaccine bungle
Two million Australians who have an underlying medical condition are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine under phase 1b which began ...
Fears for economy as office worker limits remain
Despite the lifting of the cap on the numbers of workers permitted in offices, many businesses have been unable to ...
Whopping amount border dodgers cost Qld
Instead, Haja Umu Timbo and Diana Lasu received community service orders for lying on their border declaration forms after travelling ...
Urgent alert at Bunnings after COVID case
The man has been infectious since Friday and had been quite active in the community until Thursday when he returned ...
800 queries a month: Desperate tourists want to pick fruit in Qld
And getting more tourists in who are willing to devote a portion of time working on the land could prove ...
Pfizer tests jab on infants; EU’s vaccine war
“Together with our partner BioNTech, we have dosed the first healthy children in a global Phase 1/2/3 continuous study to ...
Europe stops vaccines putting Aussie supply under threat
“I think it is clear that first of all the company has to catch up, has to honour the contract ...
Victoria hits key COVID milestone
The 28-day streak is considered the benchmark for having eliminated COVID-19 from the community.From 6pm, Victorians will no longer need ...
How government plans to fix hotel quarantine
Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday announced the resumption of the program after the government received new advice on mutant ...
State makes huge changes to restrictions
On Wednesday, Premier Steven Marshall announced the changes would come into effect as of midnight next Tuesday – just in ...
Vaccine war hits Australian supplies
Australia had an international order of 3.8 million doses, but this could be delayed or abandoned all together amid intensifying ...
New ‘double mutant’ COVID variant; HK halts Pfizer jabs
A senior government health official said the new variant had been detected in 206 samples taken in Maharashtra, which is ...
Melbourne-made doses of AstraZeneca approved
More than 830,000 doses were cleared after the TGA approved the release of the first four batches.In a statement, the ...
Australia’s vaccine goal ‘patently unachievable’
Senate Estimates has been told the government has only been able to import 700,000 doses of the 3.8 million doses ...
Full list of NSW COVID restrictions to ease
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there will be no cap at weddings or funerals, dancing is back on in all ...
Soap experts say you should stop buying
Monash University has been tracking the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to cleansing by antimicrobial treatments. The bacteria have ...
Government blunder leaves businesses in the lurch
At the height of the COVID-19 crisis last year, the government allowed companies to hold virtual annual general meetings and ...
Mask rules relaxed, more restrictions set to lift on Friday
Acting Premier James Merlino said on Tuesday Victorians would no longer need to wear masks in retail settings from 6pm ...
Where Aussies can get jab as GPs face vaccine delays
“We’ve been encouraged by the 4000 GPs who have now received vaccination approval, which will come online as vaccine supplies ...
Who can get COVID jab from today
Two of Melbourne’s most iconic buildings — the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and Royal Exhibition Building — will be ...
Virgin’s flight sale amid new international travel hope
The sale – which will last until March 29 unless sold out – will offer one-way business class fares from ...
Wuhan researchers ‘in first COVID cluster’
The US State Department’s former lead investigator into the origins of COVID-19, David Asher, said their illness was consistent with ...
COVID-19 vaccine to be produced in Australia
A spokesman for Health Minister Greg Hunt said the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval was the “critical next step” in ...
‘It’s not right’: PM takes aim at Europe
Speaking from Melbourne, Mr Morrison said, “as we get through the balance of the population, we need to ensure that ...
Big problem with vaccine rollout
Doctors’ surgeries were inundated with calls on Wednesday following the launch of the government’s online vaccine booking system, with people ...
Reframing child and adolescent health for the SDG era
Over the past two decades, the epidemiology of global child health has changed markedly, alongside our understanding of what works ...
WHO publishes new clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240022232">These guidelines</a> provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months ...
WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals
Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based ...
Ageism is a global challenge: UN
Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes – leading to poorer physical and mental health ...
PUBLIC REVIEW of the 6th edition of the WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen
The WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen (originally WHO laboratory manual for the examination of ...
