Health

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...

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...

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...

School-aged children can test themselves for COVID-19 with nearly just as much accuracy as healthcare workers, according to a US study. All it takes is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Australia's latest wave of COVID-19 infections may be nearing its end but new subvariants could soon bring a further spike in cases, an epidemiologist...

A push to allow access to COVID-19 treatments without a prescription could jeopardise patient safety, the general practitioners body warns. There are two oral antivirals...