As several countries in Europe and Africa battle a fourth wave of COVID-19, concerns as to whether Australia will follow have begun to emerge.  Top epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman said he is optimistic about the future but affirms that vaccines ...

Nearly two years into a global pandemic, and with catastrophic bushfires before that, nurses are at an emotional breaking point and less willing to work, according to researchers. Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the healthcare workforce ...

Fatigued nurses in NSW are continuing to push for pay increases for their work during COVID-19, Nursing Review has heard, amid radio silence from state officials and local MPs. A motion calling for hazard pay, which started from an online ...

A WA nurse has been arrested on suspicion of 'administering' fake COVID-19 vaccinations. The 51-year-old female RN has been charged in "relation to the fraudulent recording of vaccine information" according to a statement from the Western Australia Police Force. On ...

With Australia set to reach its next major trigger point on the national COVID plan within 10 days, the Health Minister has outlined how COVID-positive people will be treated in the future. Greg Hunt anticipates Australia will reach the 80 ...

Student nurses and midwives will be critical to assisting Australia’s recovery from COVID-19, but have gone largely unrecognised by the broader system, according to education leaders. Tracey Moroney, a professor of Nursing at the University of Wollongong, says there needs ...

A fresh legal challenge to Covid-19 vaccination mandates for health workers in NSW is “very different” to the two lawsuits knocked back last week, a court has been told. John Edward Larter, a paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, ...

A Tasmanian nurse who contracted Covid-19 last year has detailed how drastically her life has changed since recovering from the virus. Department of Public Health Secretary Kathrine Morgan-Wicks told reporters on Wednesday that the woman contacted her while in lockdown at the ...

Australians living with mental illness are four times more likely to be hospitalised with a vaccine preventable illness compared to the rest of the population, according to recent studies. As NSW and Victoria emerge from extended lockdowns, experts are raising ...

Nurses are calling on the NSW government to introduce hazard pay for health workers who have risked exposure to COVID-19. Registered nurse and NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association delegate, Jennifer Le, started an online petition urging the state premier to ...