In a recent development, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has issued new recommendations calling for additional COVID-19 vaccine booster for specific high-risk
As Australia heads towards the fourth winter of the pandemic, we have once again started seeing an increase in the level of COVID circulating. With
In a world first, James Cook University researchers have developed a new way to rate the effectiveness of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs), which could lead
The world’s largest study of multiple interventions for critically ill COVID-19 patients on longer-term outcomes shows results from a 6-month follow-up. The world’s largest trial
The Australian Government has launched the National COVID-19 Health Management Plan for 2023 to ensure Australia’s healthcare system has the capacity and capability to respond
According to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia’s spending on health goods and services during the COVID-19 pandemic grew
Professor Jane Halton AO has handed to Government her independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurements, making eight recommendations. The recommendations cover the
The Australian Government has accepted a recommendation from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of the Moderna Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron
A new report reveals some of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on general practice in Australia. The data used is poised to shine a
The Australian Government is providing $31.5 million for COVID-19 research to support medical researchers to drive, and contribute to, global efforts to understand and treat
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid) has been provisionally approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The
The Department of Health and Aged Care is extending its Expression of Interest (EOI) process for COVID-19 in-reach vaccination clinics until 31 December 2022, allowing