COVID 19

Australians' human rights were overlooked in governmental COVID-19 responses, a new report reveals, with experts saying the country isn't prepared for its next health

People's experiences of poor health and loneliness in the UK have not improved five years on from the first COVID-19 lockdown, new figures suggest, with a charity warning

As the pandemic rapidly spread to almost every corner of the world, immunologists worked to develop a vaccine that could handle the Coronavirus on a massive scale. As research

The US Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson

Five years after the first cases of a new lung disease were reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the World Health Organisation says it's still waiting for full cooperation

Making sense of a lawsuit accusing the government of negligence in approving COVID-19 vaccines would take the better part of a year, according to a judge considering whether

Nineteen residents of a Sydney aged care facility died during COVID-19 and some of their loved ones will get a payout as part of a confidential legal settlement.

Increased transparency is needed to restore public trust following COVID-19, the health officer who led Victoria's pandemic response says. A report into

Australia cannot count on using the same measures for COVID-19 when the next pandemic hits because people have lost trust in authority, an inquiry into the nation's crisis

Special cells with long memories could help produce new coronavirus treatments on the back of breakthrough Australian research. A Doherty Institute study found

More than one million Australians who contracted long COVID at the height of the pandemic cost the national economy almost $10 billion in lost productivity.

Australia could continue to feel the tail effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for years as more people die because of the virus and its impacts. Some 8400 more

A drug commonly used to treat opioid dependency may also prove life changing for long COVID-19 sufferers. Queensland scientists have discovered Naltrexone can

Some long COVID symptoms may not last quite as long as first feared, according a study of Australians infected early in the pandemic. Immunological symptoms

COVID-19 vaccines prevented almost 18,000 deaths among people over 50 in NSW as the Omicron strain hit, a study has found. And experts say this may be a conservative

Most Australians at elevated risk of serious illness from COVID-19 do not have a GP management plan, research shows, as more than 100 people a day continue to test positive

The Omicron coronavirus variant could be causing more cases of long COVID than earlier versions of the disease, scientists say. A study of more than 11,000

Vaccine mandates for NSW health workers could soon be dropped as the state government weighs up lifting the COVID-19 pandemic-era requirements. Health Minister

All Australian adults should continue to get COVID-19 booster jabs but children in good health need not worry, the government's vaccine advisory group says.

COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state's Supreme Court has found. The court on Tuesday