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Australia steps up to help tackle Pacific HIV epidemic

Australia will provide $48 million to its Pacific neighbours to help manage and contain a surge in HIV infections, in a move lauded by advocates as life-saving.

AAP · Nov 27, 2025

Grattan on Friday: Experts want Albanese to lead on indoor air quality as part of pandemic planning

Last month, a delegation led by Brendan Crabb, head of the Burnet Institute, a prestigious medical research body, met Anthony Albanese in the prime minister’s parliament house office.

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024

Long COVID sufferers feel abandoned, expert tells probe

Greater support is needed for those living with long COVID, a virus expert has told a parliamentary inquiry.

AAP · Feb 19, 2023

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Expert questions COVID-19 policy as Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital experiences a surge in patients

The RCH says it could be days before waiting times fall amid a surge in demand. An infectious diseases expert says COVID-19 policy could be behind the surge.

ABC News · Dec 5, 2022

COVID Hospitalisations Skyrocket As Two New Variants Hit Australia I’m Having War Flashbacks

Remind me why we don't have to wear masks again?

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 1, 2022

If you think scrapping COVID-19 isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again

Eliminating mandatory isolation periods puts essential workers in low paying jobs at even more risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace, write Raina MacIntyre, Brendan Crabb and Nancy Baxter for the Conversation.

ABC News · Oct 1, 2022

Canberra COVID cases trend down again

More than 100 people remain in hospital with COVID-19 across Canberra.

The Canberra Times · Aug 22, 2022

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Canberra daily infection total dips to low not seen since December 2021

More than 100 people remain in hospital with COVID-19 across Canberra.

The Canberra Times · Aug 21, 2022

Repeat waves prompt 'long COVID' fears

The head of an Australian medical institute says COVID-19 is winning under current strategies, with repeat waves threatening worse outcomes for the reinfected.

AAP · Aug 20, 2022

Australians urged to work from home and wear masks indoors

Employers are being urged to let staff work from home amid warnings there are twice as many COVID cases in the community as being reported officially.

The New Daily · Jul 19, 2022

SA follows Victoria in encouraging indoor masks at schools

South Australia has followed Victoria's lead in encouraging but not mandating that students wear masks indoors at school.

The New Daily · Jul 19, 2022

Calls for quick rethink of COVID strategy as Omicron peak looms

A leading virus expert has called for a rethink of Australia's COVID-19 strategy as the country prepares to go through another wave of cases during winter.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 18, 2022

Sick leave before virus payment: Shorten

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says workers will have to use sick leave but not holiday entitlements before claiming the pandemic payment.

AAP · Jul 18, 2022

Australia has ordered millions more COVID vaccines than it needs. What are the options to deal with them?

Australia has used less than a quarter of the hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses it bought. What will happen to the rest?

ABC News · Jul 17, 2022

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The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022

Grattan on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis

Anthony Albanese received his fourth COVID jab this week. A commendable example to the community, now that eligibility for the “winter shot” has been widened.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Victorian COVID hospital admissions soar as Omicron sub-variants spread

Victoria's hospital admissions have risen by almost 80 per cent over the past three weeks, as experts say authorities have pursued the wrong COVID strategies.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022

Health experts say COVID-19 complacency has restricted freedoms of the immunocompromised and elderly

Debate is once again raging about mask mandates, as health experts warn COVID-19 fatigue and complacency is costing the most vulnerable Australians.

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

New clinic to provide COVID-19 prevention treatment for immunocompromised patients

A new clinic in Melbourne will administer a COVID-19 treatment for high-risk, immunocompromised patients. It comes as Australia's death toll from the virus exceeds 10,000 and experts call for continued caution.

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ABC News · May 14, 2022

COVID-19 infections in Australia hit worldwide highs — and experts predict another Omicron variant spike is coming

With the country in middle of an election campaign, a war raging in Ukraine and cost of living rising, COVID-19 has dropped off the radar for some Australians. But experts say the number of daily cases and deaths is "extraordinary".

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

COVID-19 deaths and mortality rates assessed as Australia learns to live with the virus

As we learn to live with the virus, there's a big question we all have to face: how much death are we willing to accept?

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022

On Australia’s deadliest day of Covid pandemic, experts say we don’t know enough about who is dying

Doctors say Australia must coordinate Covid-19 data nationally and pick up the game on testing, tracing, isolating and quarantining

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