COVID 19

Older Australians who recently had a COVID-19 booster are significantly less likely to die from the virus compared to unvaccinated people. Researchers from

When the Ruby Princess cruise ship docked in Sydney in March 2020, many of its 2700 passengers headed interstate and some unknowingly dispersed the potentially fatal coronavirus.

COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation says, in a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9

The United States is set to end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers and federal workers when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the

The virus causing COVID-19 is here to stay but the world is beginning to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation's chief says.

A once-vital destination during the COVID-19 pandemic is set to be consigned to history, with the last pop-up testing clinics in NSW to close. "The time

A comparison between the long-term recovery of COVID-19 and influenza patients suggests persistent symptoms are not unique to a specific virus. The study by

There is no evidence that the COVID-causing virus came from animals, the former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. George

The US national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three

Melbourne's lengthy COVID-19 lockdowns may not have been as devastating to the mental health of its residents as first thought. The city was subject to

Chinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organisation after its leader urged Beijing to

The World Health Organisation chief has pressed China to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying all hypotheses remain on the table more than three years

The country's top doctor has warned more COVID waves are on the way, as the government ramps up efforts to increase booster rates before winter. The latest

The World Health Organisation has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not

China has approved its first domestically developed mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd says, a major achievement in a country that has declined to

Data from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic briefly uploaded to a global database by Chinese scientists gives crucial information on the outbreak's origins, researchers

Australians' nicotine consumption increased significantly during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say. Consumption increased by 30

The World Health Organisation is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general says, after a US agency was reported to have assessed

There were fewer premature births around the world during the first four months of COVID-19 lockdowns. A study of 52 million births in 26 countries found a

National COVID-19 cases have risen slightly in the final week before mandatory reporting of positive cases comes to an end in Australia. The ACT government