Australia

Business groups are calling for the easing of the seven-day isolation requirement for household contacts of people with COVID-19. Business NSW and the Victorian Chamber...

A new COVID-19 sub-variant has been detected in Victorian wastewater as more than 46,000 new cases were reported across the country. Victorian health authorities are...

There have been more COVID-19 deaths in residential aged care this year than the first two years of the pandemic combined. Data from the federal...

Western Australia has relaxed some of its COVID-19 restrictions as the country's case numbers continue to climb. There were close to 55,000 cases reported in...

Concerns have been raised that the level of COVID-19 community transmission could be a lot higher than official numbers show due to the incorrect...

Surgeons and students have been slicing into spare dead bodies for centuries to hone their skills, but new technology could replace increasingly scarce cadavers. Feeling...

The rural health workforce could be bolstered if medical schools accepted more students from the bush and offered more training and placements in country...

Victoria's Monash University has been ranked number one in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology studies. The QS World University Rankings saw the university ranked ahead of...

COVID-19 boosters are one step closer to being rolled out for 12 to 15-year-olds, following a decision by the medical regulator. The Therapeutic Goods Administration...

Australia has been urged to set up its own Centre for Disease Control, following recommendations from a Senate inquiry examining the country's COVID-19 response. The...