Serious adverse events after booster doses of COVID vaccines are very rare. These can include anaphylaxis (a serious allergic ...

Australia appears to have avoided the winter surge in COVID-19 cases seen in previous years, according to a recent report. Federal surveillance data shows 64,357 COVID-19 cases have been reported so ...

Researchers developing Australia’s first mRNA Covid vaccine say they may have solved the “immune imprinting” issue that has contributed to the declining effectiveness of boosters as the virus mutates.

Australia is preparing to wind back its universal COVID-19 vaccination program, but experts warn the change shouldn't be interpreted as a sign the virus is no longer a public health concern. From 1 ...

In SA, 2559 new cases were reported, one death and nine people in ICU, while WA also recorded one death along with 5234 new ...

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We've seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a ...

A memorial for one of Australia’s top epidemiologists who helped the nation navigate the COVID-19 pandemic has been vandalised years after her death. Mary-Louise McLaws died in August 2023 following a ...

There are understood to have been at least 18 cases of Pirola in Australia, according to the COVID genome database GISAID. The first infection was detected in September in Western Australia following ...

New research by RMIT University and Northern Health has examined Australia's long COVID services, guidelines and public health information, compared with international standards. The researchers found ...