Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here in Australia. Like everyone else, Hackett had seen the virus develop from afar over the summer period but could not ...

Norman wasn’t having a bar of it. Talk to a stranger about his life? No way. What did he want to tell someone all of his secrets for? "My life is very boring," he told his wife of 25 years, ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has widespread and insidious consequences that in many instances go beyond personal health and the ramifications of which may not yet be fully known. For some the impact may be as minor as struggling to buy ...

Two nurses at a medical centre in Japan’s Oita prefecture have tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases at the facility to 14, Kyodo newswire says. The nurses who work at the Oita Medical Centre, one in ...

Scott Morrison today announced more measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus, including new aged care guidelines and lifting work restrictions on student nurses. In a wide-ranging press conference, the Prime minister laid out restrictions on non-essential gatherings ...

Grey’s Anatomy actress Ellen Pompeo late last week shared an Instagram video explaining to her 7.2 million followers that while many citizens are able to follow government advice to self-isolate to avoid contracting COVID-19, nurses and other healthcare workers don’t ...

Curtin University is utilising games technology to create web-based video simulations aimed at helping mental health experts identify and better communicate with people contemplating suicide. As the World Health Organization points out, suicide is the second leading cause of death ...

A third resident at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge has fallen victim to the coronavirus, COVID-19, along with a Brisbane woman – taking the national death toll to five. This news comes as the Victorian, West Australian and ACT governments declare ...

In the wake of a coronavirus outbreak at a Sydney aged care facility, with two staff confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, along with two residents – both of whom have died – health service unions are calling on the government ...

This story was updated 10 March at 9.15 am. A third Australian has died from the coronavirus COVID-19, as the total number of cases in NSW reaches 55 and the number of cases across Australia now sits at 100. According ...