Health

Australia has been urged to balance protecting frontline workers and the elderly with COVID-19 booster shots and help lift jab rates in poorer nations. Australian...

Young Victorian children who become primary close contacts will be allowed to return to childcare after seven days, as long as they perform a...

The risk of measles outbreaks is high after more than 22 million infants missed their first vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,...

Australia could soon be getting a new anti-viral drug to fight COVID-19 after it was recently approved in the United Kingdom. British health authorities will...

Australians who received their second COVID-19 vaccination more than six months ago are now eligible for a booster shot. The booster program will be available...

Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 cuts by 89 per cent the chances of hospitalisation or death for adults at risk of...

Boosted hospital funding and COVID-19 vaccines for younger children will be in focus when state and federal leaders meet to hash out Australia's reopening. Prime...

A decision on whether young children in Australia could receive the COVID vaccine could be imminent, after US regulators approved the Pfizer shot for...

COVID-19 booster shots could be mixed with flu vaccines in the future, with Australians receiving a combination booster once a year. Monash University Malaysia microbiologist...

The federal government is expecting more COVID-19 patients to be treated at home as Australia's vaccination rate continues to climb and the economic benefit...