State’s big move on cutting-edge vaccines
One Aussie state has revealed its next move on a major vaccine development project – which promises to change the way it responds to future health challenges.
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Big move as new Covid variants spread
Australians could soon be eligible for two new Covid vaccines, created to protect against new strains of the virus.
New trend emerges in Covid deaths
A clear trend is emerging in Covid deaths and 2024 could mark a significant milestone in the progression of the virus, new data has revealed.
MP’s call to ‘get back on with life’
A major change to one state’s Covid jab mandates could be actioned within weeks in an acknowledgment that the measures no longer apply.
Two words health boss wants scrapped
One of the country’s top health authorities wants a term that originated during the Covid pandemic to disappear.
‘Not sufficient’: Watchdog’s Covid warning
A human rights expert has raised that concerns Labor’s Covid-19 inquiry will not adequately address one issue.
Dire warning before New Year’s Eve
Health officials have made a desperate plea for revellers to stay safe this New Year’s Eve amid bleak predictions for one Australian state.
Warning as Covid spikes before Christmas
Aussies are being urged to practice good hygiene over the festive season, as one state sees a fresh spike in respiratory infections.
How Aussies can fight new Covid threat
A vaccine will be available at pharmacies that will target the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 that has caused cases to spike in Australia.
Covid-19 speeds up ‘zombie cell’ production
Naturally occurring “zombie cells” are being produced at an accelerated rate due to Covid-19, exposing sufferers to brain fog and memory loss.
Aussies to face third ‘Covid Christmas’
A jump in Covid cases of more than 20 per cent in one state has prompted concerns about another ‘Covid Christmas’.
Doctor’s urgent warning as Covid surges
An epidemiologist has weighed in on the re-emerging Covid-19 wave in Australia, warning Aussies of the dire risks of being reinfected with the virus.
What new Covid wave means for Christmas
As a fresh wave of Covid-19 is recognised in the community, especially in two states, here’s how it may affect the upcoming holiday season.
State’s big call on masks in Covid wave
Health experts have delivered their verdict on bringing back mask mandates amid another Covid wave.
Dire Covid warning ahead of Christmas
Australians have been urged to go back to their pandemic habits in the lead-up to Christmas, following a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.
Aussies to face third ‘Covid Christmas’
An unwanted guest may be coming to Christmas, as health experts warn Australia is in the grip of its eighth Covid wave.
Expert hits back on Albo’s ‘toothless tiger’
The blowback over the government’s “sham” Covid inquiry continues, but a key figure says some of the criticism is baseless.
‘Disaster’: Dutton erupts over Covid probe
The Opposition Leader has angrily rejected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s inquiry into Covid-19.
PM’s broken election promise on Covid
Anthony Albanese is set to announce a “deep inquiry” into Covid-19, but has been accused of breaking a key election promise.
Aussies urged to get another Covid jab
Australia’s immunisation advisory body says those most at risk should receive yet another Covid-19 vaccination booster.
State slammed for secrecy on $223m bill
An independent report has found the Queensland government’s decision-making over Wellcamp was reasonable, but slammed the secrecy surrounding the huge cost.
Fifth Covid wave quietly spreading in Aus
Australia is in its fifth Omicron wave, which has been brewing since February. But it has grown so slowly that many people may have not realised it until recently.
Why Covid deaths are on the rise
Falling vaccination rates and waning vigilance could lead to a deadly “three-pronged” spike in infections this winter as rates of Covid and influenza climb.
‘Stay home’: Warning over new Covid wave
A winter warning for Covid-19 is under way across Australia as tens of thousands of people contract the virus.
Disturbing Covid trend across Australia
Covid numbers are climbing across the country as health experts plead with Australians to do the “simple measures” ahead of winter.
Next pandemic ‘even deadlier’ than Covid
Health officials have issued a worrying warning to the world: “It’s not an exaggeration to say a Disease X event is just around the corner.”
School enforces new mask mandate
Some students have also been asked to study from home for several days while the school grapples with an outbreak affecting staff and students.
Schools force kids to learn from home
Schoolchildren at four NSW schools have been ordered to learn from home as Covid cases disrupt classes despite the end of the pandemic.
Millions offered for ‘horrific’ lockdown
A community leader has slammed Daniel Andrews over a $5 million offer to residents locked in their homes for two weeks in 2020.
Shock impacts of long Covid revealed
The shocking impacts of the condition known as long Covid have been revealed as a huge investment is made to study the “emerging health issue”.
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