Australia is facing the regular emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus more than five years since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. The latest variant – LP.8.1 – is on the rise, making up ...

On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic. More than 7 million people have since died from COVID. The ...

This photo gallery documents Australia’s experience of the first few months of the Covid-19 outbreak. Some of the images bring up painful memories. It shows the vast differences in experience ...

The Immunisation Coalition will be hosting a free Flu Vaccination Day during the last week of April to counteract the record ...

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling ...

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Australia’s sharemarket jumped as well as the Australian dollar following a volatile session in the US where the index swung ...

At the start of a pandemic ... CSL, which made the AstraZeneca COVID vaccines in Australia and manufactures several other vaccines, has now incorporated mRNA in its repertoire.