The federal health minister says there will be a limited supply of the Moderna vaccine for children as young as six months, should it be granted final approval.
Reinstating COVID-19 isolation payments was a necessary move in the wake of rising cases despite criticism the government was slow in doing so, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Unions, medical experts and businesses have welcomed the federal government's choice to reinstate the $750 pandemic isolation payment following widespread criticism.
Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the ACT are predicted to triple over the next month, ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman warned at a virus update to the Canberra community today, Monday 11 July.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says Australians must make their own COVID-19 choices, as experts back a decision to expand access to a fourth vaccine dose.
Experts say nine out of 10 long COVID sufferers were not taken to hospital with the virus, showing a milder infection won't protect patients from brain fog.
Angry bank customers who travelled to a city in central China to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks have been stopped by a health app on their mobile phone.
The Novavax vaccine has been given the Australian regulator's tick of approval as a COVID-19 booster for people aged 18 and over, the company has announced.
After more than two years, the ACT Government is lifting the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, replacing it with the power to make a "COVID-19 management declaration" that includes regulating businesses and mandating vaccination requirements.
COVID-19 deaths are again on the rise with Australia recording 88 fatalities of patients with the condition over the weekend and 363 in the past seven days.
