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Latest news: COVID-19

Relief for struggling motorists as fuel tax slashed

New cost-of-living measures have been announced to help Australians staring down the barrel of sky-high petrol and diesel prices.

Half of long COVID patients show symptoms after 6 months

ANU: 56 per cent of Australians suffering from long COVID still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection.  

US CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all

The United States' government health agency has adopted COVID-19 recommendations made by a team of advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

ANU: Cheap, widely available drug can cut COVID-19 deaths

Inhaling heparin halves the risk of hospitalised patients needing a ventilator, and significantly reduces their chance of dying.

Queensland teachers, business owners granted COVID vaccine mandate appeal

A group of teachers and small business owners have been granted an appeal to argue that a state's COVID-19 vaccination mandates were unlawful.

COVID-19 vaccinations no longer recommended for healthy children and adolescents under 18

A significant change was made to the Australian Immunisation Handbook regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

Australia’s scandal-ridden Covid Prime Minister Scott Morrison awarded nation’s top honour

In an elaborate homage to failing up, Covid-era Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been awarded Australia’s highest honour for “eminent service” to the country, despite a laundry list of scandals and scant achievements to show for it.

Save QoVAX: Campaigners rally to prevent destruction of biobank that could provide key to treating long Covid and vaccine injuries

The Queensland Government is facing strong pushback over its plans to destroy a globally significant biobank which could prove invaluable to research into diagnosing and treating long Covid and Covid vaccine injuries. 

Documents reveal gaps in COVID vaccine death reviews

Australians are routinely assured that deaths arising from Covid vaccination are vanishingly rare, based on the drug safety regulator’s claim that it has identified only 14 deaths linked to vaccination out of more than 70 million doses given.

Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ Covid vaccine study biobank 

A ‘globally significant’ bank of biosamples from a study into the immune effects of Covid vaccines is set to be destroyed, two years after the award-winning research project was defunded by the Queensland Government.  

Human rights ‘ignored’ by leaders in COVID-19 response

A mother forced to give birth to a stillborn alone and a cancer patient barred from seeing her surgeon detailed their heartbreak to the Human Rights Commission.

The unlawful suspension of human rights in the name of public health

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide chose to suspend fundamental human rights under the guise of protecting public health.

NSW government to repay over $5m of COVID fines

All fines handed out during the pandemic in Australia's most populous state will be reimbursed, except those currently being fought through the courts.

Lost trust challenge for next pandemic: COVID-19 review

Australians have lost trust in authority as a result of inadequate planning and communication during COVID-19, a review into the pandemic response has found.

Should you trust a licensed doctor?

I was a licensed doctor for 16 years but decided not to renew my practicing certificate in 2021.

Could these international medical experts have the remedy to our physical and communication ills?

This week, the Australian Government closed off its one week opportunity for the Australian people to share their views via public submission about the proposed and reintroduced Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation Disinformation) Bill 2024.

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