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...
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...
Kids capable of COVID self-testing: study
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...
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...
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...
New subvariants loom as wave nears end
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...
Pharmacies, GPs at odds over antivirals
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...