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The speed of Australia's vaccination rate is ranked just 90th in the world, as experts warn the coronavirus is mutating faster than the country is administering jabs. University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell ...

Shift workers, particularly those regularly on night shift, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study suggests. The research team used data from UK Biobank project, a record of the lifestyle, medical history, nutritional habits, physical measurements and ...

A Sydney mother has been found not guilty of deliberately poisoning her sick son with faeces. A judge found there was “no evidence” she infected the boy through his cannula while he was a patient at The Children’s Hospital at ...

Nearly a month on from the release of the final report from the aged care royal commission we are still largely in the dark on how the government might seek to change the sector going forward. Professor Jo Ibrahim, the ...

International virus experts are demanding another investigation into the source of COVID-19, amid concerns China had too much control over the last. In an open letter, academics from across the globe, including the Australian National University, called for an “unrestricted international forensic ...

“Get cracking.” That’s the overwhelming call from advocacy groups in response to the release of the aged care royal commission’s final report. Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia said the report’s release places the onus on the Morrison Government to ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...

Australia’s vaccine rollout is “on track” after a second delivery of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country on Tuesday. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the development gave him confidence in the reliability of supply from Europe. “The consistency of supply ...

New analysis from the Australian National University shows resistance and hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccination is growing in Australia. The study is based on a longitudinal survey of 3,500 Australians that tracked individuals’ responses prior to the pandemic taking place, ...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval for the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, TGA said Australians can be confident that the regulator's review process was rigorous and of the highest standard. It ...