PM urged to back ‘snubbed’ Queensland vaccine
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been told to throw his endorsement behind the University of Queensland’s candidate vaccine over a Oxford University contender.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s performance on coronavirus might be well received by Queenslanders, but one of the nation’s top infectious diseases experts has a different view.
Crucial medical staff locked away by confused border cops
Crucial frontline medical staff are being locked in quarantine despite having exemptions with one saying he was blocked by confused border police while another was left to wait two weeks just to be told his application for an exemption had expired.
Early induction of twin pregnancies under scrutiny
The traditional early birthing of twins is under question as new Australian research shows that while preterm births have soared there is no evidence of a drop in foetal deaths or stillbirths.
‘I’m afraid for the kids’: Mystery case sparks calls for release
A human rights advocate fears children in the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre could face a “death sentence” unless they are released into medical care after a worker tested positive for coronavirus.
‘Fear of unknown’: Panic over centre’s COVID supervisor
Alarm has set in among workers at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre after it was revealed their health may be at risk when a supervisor tested positive for coronavirus. She’d worked five shifts while infectious. The centre has been locked down for a fortnight.
Shock number of Queenslanders drinking at home before COVID
Queenslanders were drinking more at home than anywhere else long before COVID-19 lockdown, new research out today reveals.
First NSW death in two weeks, Victorian COVID cases drop
A woman in her 80s is the first NSW death in two weeks while authorities have issued new alerts for two western Sydney venues. Meanwhile New Zealand’s COVID cases have climbed and Victoria has recorded a further eight deaths. FULL DETAILS
New hope in fight against deadly brain cancer
People who are diagnosed with this brain cancer are usually told they have just months left to live. But now a Queensland clinical trial is showing great success in the treatment of this deadly disease.
Qld border ban sparks medical emergency
Queensland’s border closure has left no provision for specialist medical care for hundreds of thousands of people, with Queensland doctors being kept from their patients.
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