Health

Australia's chief medical officer has indicated a third coronavirus jab could offer long-term protection rather than annual injections. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation...

Vulnerable child cancer patients and their carers have been forced into two weeks of isolation after a COVID-19 outbreak at a Melbourne children's hospital...

Australia has closed a deal for 300,000 courses of an antiviral pill showing promising signs of slashing COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations. Molnupiravir is still being...

Other states could follow NSW's lead and slash quarantine periods for double-dosed COVID-19 close contacts as vaccination rates increase.  NSW is halving the two-week quarantine...

Intensive care nurses have made an impassioned plea for Victorians to get vaccinated, with the number of COVID-19 hospital patients set to soar this...

Hundreds of thousands of Victorians have been issued an ultimatum: get vaccinated for COVID-19 in two weeks or risk losing your job. All Victorian authorised...

Australia is forecast to reach 80 per cent double-dose coronavirus vaccination coverage in mid-November when home tests are expected to be in use. Vaccine rollout...

Rural GPs would be offered easier paths to work in local hospitals under a new push from the powerful doctors' peak professional body. The Australian...

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia is making excellent progress in being able to manufacture mNRA type vaccines. At the moment, mNRA vaccines like...

Half of Australia's population aged 16 and above has been vaccinated against coronavirus. A record 347,796 doses were administered in the past 24 hours, fuelling the...