Scientists around the globe celebrated news the University of Oxford would restart the trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, but some called for more transparency surrounding the pause while others backed the decision to not detail the illness that prompted ...

“I guess there’s a lot of pressure, pressure on us, and its, its very tiring and challenging to get breaks in and so on,” she says into her phone to no one in particular.  “We’ve had, you know, young people that have had ...

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has told the aged care royal commission it should consider recommending a HECS-style loan for older Australians to pay for their care. At today's hearing, Keating said the approach was superior to a pre-funding model, ...

COVID-19 is about nine months old, we think, and with each passing month we learn more about what this new coronavirus does to the body. Long COVID is a term being used for one set of symptoms researchers are observing ...

To date, many Australians who have died from COVID-19 have died alone and many others have missed out on visiting dying loved ones, but two Deakin University experts say it doesn’t have to be this way. Writing for The Conversation, ...

A 32-year-old nurse at Ipswich hospital in Queensland has tested positive for COVID-19 as 220 staff at the hospital have gone into precautionary quarantine.  The nurse is one of two new positive cases in the state announced on Sunday, and Ipswich hospital has moved all appointments elsewhere whilst only the emergency department remains open.  Both new cases are linked to the youth detention cluster ...

The Senate on Thursday censured Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck for failing to recall “the most basic and tragic facts” about aged care deaths during the pandemic – a move Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shrugged off. In August, ...

Australians will get free access to a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 under a $1.7 billion supply and production agreement between government and pharmaceutical companies. Under the agreement, the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca and the University of Queensland-CSL will provide more than ...

COVID-19 is not the first time that a pandemic has ravaged a society and starting with the first recorded pandemic in Athens, during the Peloponnesian War, nearly every generation has had to deal with a deadly disease. Professor Peter Curson ...

Pregnant women have faced significant obstacles over the last eight months. On top of the challenges expectant mothers usually experience they have the added stress of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Add to the mix a consistent stream of inconsistencies nationwide over ...