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In this file photograph taken on December 30, 2021, medical staff members help a patient to wear a new non-invasive technology that can reduce the need of intubation at Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at The Institute of Clinical Cardiology (ICC) in Rome. - The Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said on May 5, 2023. It is "with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency", WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, estimating that the pandemic had killed "at least 20 million" people, nearly three times the official estimate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

‘Significantly elevated’: What we didn’t know about Long Covid

A new study believed to be the first of its kind has documented the extent of damage caused by Long Covid. See how it affects you.

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Should we be worried about the new Pi variant of Covid?

The Pi variant of Covid has scientists worried after it has emerged. Here’s how it could impact Australia.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, JANUARY 6, 2023. People wearing masks in Melbourne as Friday will marks the first day of national Covid data since before Christmas. Numbers are expected to be high as new variants enter the country and Aussies gathered in droves over the holiday season. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Major mystery behind the Covid-19 pandemic unravelled

Researchers have made an unexpected discovery which may finally explain why Covid spreads so easily and will never leave us.

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‘Not over’: Top doc’s shock Covid message to Aussies

We all want to forget masks, lockdowns and social distancing but the mayhem caused by Covid is not over. Here’s what every Australian can do.

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This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Handout / National Institutes of Health / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/NIAID-RML/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Everything to know about new Covid strain

A new Covid variant has been detected in Australia after spreading rapidly from the US. Here’s everything you need to know about the new threat.

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An illustration shows used Corona rapid tests with negative results in Dortmund, western Germany on January 20, 2022, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - Like in other European countries, the number of daily new coronavirus infections is rising, as the Omicron variant sparked a renewed surge in transmissions. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

‘Extra bad boy’: New Covid strain hits Australia

A highly transmissible Covid subvariant has been detected in Australia, as a health expert reveals the level of risk it poses to the community.

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Passengers of a flight from China wait in a line for checking their COVID-19 vaccination documents as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, after arriving at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. - France and Britain on December 30 joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases -- and amid questions about its data reporting. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

China reacts as Australia defends new Covid rule

China has declared restrictions on Chinese travellers enforced by Australia and other countries as ‘unnecessary’.

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TOPSHOT - A passenger of a flight from Beijing leaves the terminal after landing at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Barajas, on the outskirts of Madrid, on December 31, 2022. - The first flight from China after the reinstatement by Spain of health controls on passengers from that country, in the midst of an explosion of covid cases, arrived in Madrid today evening. The passengers of the Air China CA 907 flight had to undergo temperature controls, present a negative covid test or prove that they were immunized with one of the vaccines approved in Spain upon arrival at Barajas, causing a scene not seen in months at the Madrid airport. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP)

‘Worst Covid variant’: What you need to know

Experts fear that the new Omicron subvariant will cause another avalanche of Covid-19 cases. Here is what you need to know.

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Shot focused on a kind looking nurse wearing scrubs, a stethoscope, white rubber gloves and a protective face mask. She is smiling at the nervous patient with her eyes. The nurse is prepping the patients arm before she injects her with the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vax change that could impact millions of Aussies

Australia’s top infectious disease expert has called for one major vaccine rule to be changed as Aussies brace for a rise in Covid-19 cases over Christmas.

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Rapid antigen detection test (RADT) with two red stripes showing a POSITIVE result of a human sample testing. Mans fingers holding the white plastic device with a COVID-19 Ag inscription.

How to check your Covid test works

The TGA has examined rapid antigen tests to see what Covid kit is the best. Take the test to see how your RAT rates.

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Rapid tests made these Aussies millions

RAT test millionaires: Where they are now

Federal contracts for Covid rapid antigen tests more than doubled in the year since the RAT Kings and Queens became overnight millionaires. Here’s where they are now.

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Millions of Australians have been warned to wear face masks in certain settings to quash a steep Christmas Covid wave.

Aussies hit with new Covid mask warning

Millions of Australians have been warned to wear face masks in certain settings to quash a steep Christmas Covid wave.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 25, 2020. A general view of people enjoying the Orphans Christmas Lunch at the Winery in Surry Hills, in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

‘Little things’: Christmas Covid spike warning

People need to plan carefully due to the limited availability of Covid testing and GPs over Christmas, authorities warn.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos July 27 2022: Peter Hennell is given a PCR test by nurse Harman Deep in the new Kilkenny clinic. South Australian Health Minister Chris Picton has opened a new respiratory clinic in Kilkenny, Adelaide. NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Why on-the-spot Covid tests were axed

One of the country’s top doctors has revealed why the easily accessible Covid-19 tests have been axed.

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