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Regional Victorians eligible for vaccination are being forced to wait because country public health units have not yet received the shots.

There were 32 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,335 new patients admitted to hospitals on Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday.

Good public health messaging must be comprehensible, accurate, and actionable.

Non-Covid infections accounted for more than half of respiratory-related hospitalisations during the first peak of the pandemic, raising fears that the coming winter could be even worse

Drugmaker Gilead Sciences plans to announce on Tuesday that it will provide up to $5 million in grants to help a coalition of LGBTQ+ and human rights advocacy groups craft public health responses to monkeypox outbreaks, the company said.

After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are — even more so when they’re on the athletic field, living without air conditioning, or waiting in a parked car.

Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China's tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a public health professor after undertaking 10 days of quarantine.

There were 33 more Covid-19 deaths and 1,955 new cases admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

An epidemiologist explains what’s known about how monkeypox is transmitted — and how to protect yourself

Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer has expressed his concerns and called for early action to stop further spread of the disease

Monkeypox cases across the UK are on the rise. Amidst World Health Organisation concerns, Public Health Scotland's vaccine program is getting under way despite limited global supply.