Prescription medicine costs set to ease
Australians will soon pay less for prescriptions as the federal government proposes new laws to lower co-payments for medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
If passed...
Booster campaign in long war against COVID
With COVID-19 restrictions relaxing from airports to footy stadiums, millions of Australians are being exposed to the coronavirus including almost three in ten adults...
Growth in pharmacy workforce urgently needed to better serve the health system
National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Dr Fei Sim has today called for the Australian Federal Government to urgently invest into...
Doctors query advice on shorter COVID iso
The president of the Australian Medical Association has warned the government about treating COVID-19 too similarly to other infectious diseases as mandatory isolation is...
Calls for science investment before summit
Australia's economy could reap a $52 billion windfall through further investment in science and technology, according to a peak body.
Ahead of the government's jobs...
Aussies in ‘denial’ over pandemic end
Australians must change the way they live and accept the threat from COVID-19 and other viral infections will persist, a leading epidemiologist says.
Professor Raina...
NSW pushes to consider COVID-19 iso period
A push has been revived for Australia's leaders to consider cutting the isolation period for COVID-19 cases as the nation's latest Omicron wave winds...
Royal commission awaits virus response
A royal commission into Australia's COVID-19 response will be held as soon as is practical, Anthony Albanese says.
The inquiry would examine the role of...
Repeat waves prompt ‘long COVID’ fears
COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to tick upwards as the head of a medical institute warns Australia is losing its battle with the virus.
Burnet...
COVID drop among vulnerable ‘reassuring’
Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth says it's reassuring there's been a decrease in the number of Australians in vulnerable groups being infected...