Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Carine Bennett

A new bivalent COVID-19 booster rolls out next month. Here's what you need to know about the vaccine

All Australian adults who haven't had a COVID-19 booster or a confirmed case in the past six months are now eligible for an additional shot.

ABC News

Long COVID inquiry hears definition of disease means people may miss window for early treatment

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners tells an inquiry into long COVID the current definition of the illness means some patients are missing the opportunity to get early intervention.

ABC News

Who’s going to be triggered by Northanger Abbey? It’s hardly Game of Thrones

Greenwich University is warning students to prepare themselves for the ‘toxic friendships’ Jane Austen satirises in her novel

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Labour MPs are nothing like Andrew Tate

Trans-inclusive men in parliament are just doing their job in difficult circumstances

The Guardian - UK

At last, a sensible article on Prince Harry and his book

So many people claim to ‘know’ the royal family that they take sides accordingly

The Guardian - UK

Was 2022 the year that Australia came to terms with Covid? And what does 2023 hold?

New antivirals, more research on long Covid and, hopefully, treatments: Experts say we’re now in a ‘totally different era’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s latest Covid wave nears peak but cases to stay high through Christmas, experts say

New variants and wet weather still driving infections as people urged to be mindful of vulnerable

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Australia Covid cases rising but peak before Christmas still predicted

Infections climbing at slower pace than last month and death rate stable but experts say reporting changes making numbers harder to interpret

The Guardian - AU

Australia's latest wave of infections has long-COVID sufferers and the vulnerable worried

High case numbers across Australia have people with long COVID and vulnerable people worried about what it will mean for them with few people wearing masks and isolation no longer mandatory. But one expert says renewing mandates will not stop the spread of Omicron variants.

ABC News

Australia’s fourth Covid wave likely to peak before Christmas, experts say

Rate of hospitalisations and infections ‘starting to taper’ in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland

The Guardian - AU

Fresh COVID wave sees old advice issued again

Isolation and mandates are a thing of the past, but listening to health advice now is the only way to save Christmas from COVID.

The New Daily

Queensland raises Covid alert level as summer wave hits eastern states

State recommends return of mask-wearing in high-risk settings as new data shows a 40% spike in NSW cases and hospitalisations

The Guardian - AU

Tangara School for Girls in Sydney closes after COVID-19 spreads through staff

A school in the city's north-west says students will be remote learning until at least Friday after receiving "prudent" health advice.

ABC News

Welcome to the ‘Pandemicene’: is Australia ready for the next pandemic?

After Covid experts predict more, possibly worse, pandemics. Some fear we haven’t yet learned the lessons of this one

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Australians warned of 'another COVID wave' as sub-variants take hold

Experts warn of another wave of COVID-19 infections in coming weeks, as case numbers rise and new variants circulate.

ABC News

Almost two-thirds of Australians — including children — have had COVID-19, blood study suggests

Research suggesting almost two-thirds of Australians have had COVID-19 comes via blood studies from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.

ABC News

Victoria entering new COVID-19 wave as sub-variants emerge, chief health officer says

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says Victoria is seeing the start of a COVID-19 wave due to new Omicron sub-variants. An epidemiologist says while it means people should be more aware of the virus now, there's no need to panic.

ABC News

With COVID-19 rules disappearing, if you're the only one in a mask, will it still keep you safe from infection?

With the COVID-19 isolation rules coming to an end, some people might be wondering if there's any point to still wearing a mask. Here's what the experts have to say.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

How should we manage COVID without rules? Keep testing and stay home when positive

Changes to Australia’s isolation rules, which come into effect on Friday October 14, remove the mandate for people to isolate if they test positive for COVID.

The New Daily

End of COVID isolation rules divides health experts, but not state or federal governments

National cabinet's unanimous decision to scrap COVID isolation rules has split the medical community. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that

ABC News

Are we at the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?

With most pandemic restrictions a thing of the past and isolation periods shortening, Australians are almost back to enjoying lives as they did before COVID. While there is growing hope of a light at the end of the tunnel, experts are split on whether we're at the beginning of the…

ABC News

Australia's COVID-19 winter wave has eased. Here's how households are managing as spring arrives

As COVID rules continue changing, more Australian families are navigating decisions around their handling of the pandemic for themselves.

AAP

Court case challenges some COVID fines

A test case has been launched in the NSW Supreme Court challenging COVID-19 fines handed to people who gathered to protest in breach of public health orders.

AAP

Doctors query advice on shorter COVID iso

COVID-19 needs to be treated differently to other infectious diseases, doctors say, as changes are made to the isolation period.

The Guardian - AU

How will a shorter Covid isolation period work – and will it affect case numbers?

National cabinet has agreed to cut the isolation time from seven days to five. What will change, and who called for it?

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.