Health

Australian children aged between five and 11 could receive coronavirus vaccines this year after trials showed promising results overseas. Health Minister Greg Hunt has invited Pfizer...

Stranded Australians could be home in time for Christmas, if a NSW home-quarantine pilot program, set to begin within weeks, proves successful.  The test run,...

Residents in the coronavirus hotspot areas of southwest and western Sydney are being urged to come out in even greater numbers to be vaccinated,...

Just two per cent of coronavirus patients admitted to intensive care since Australia's vaccine rollout started were fully vaccinated. New figures underscoring the power of...

Australia is on track to have coronavirus vaccine supply outstrip demand by the end of October almost eight months into the behind-schedule rollout. Deputy Prime...

Vaccine developer Novavax Inc will start a trial in Australia to test its combined flu and COVID-19 vaccine. The early phase trial will comprise 640...

NSW is six weeks away from the most intense pressure ever placed on its intensive care systems as health care workers brace for a...

Australians who have been holding off getting a coronavirus vaccination or waiting for a Pfizer jab will have no excuse in the coming weeks. Some...

Victoria's chief health officer has urged more people to get vaccinated in order to hold back the "tsunami" of potential cases.  The state recorded 190...

Australia's hospitals are coming under increased scrutiny amid concern the health system will struggle to cope with rising COVID-19 cases. Health Department boss Brendan Murphy...