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Canberrans urged to stay COVID Smart these holidays

Canberrans should stay COVID Smart during the holidays – a time of year when many plan to celebrate with family, friends, and colleagues.

Doctors query COVID-19 pandemic response changes

The Australian Medical Association has questioned a government move to restrict COVID-19 testing and mental health services.

Australia to manage COVID-19 like other respiratory viruses in 2023

Under a new national management plan for 2023, the government is set to move away from "COVID exceptionalism".

Nick Kyrgios: Australia ‘very lucky’ to have Novak Djokovic

Nick Kyrgios says Australia is "very lucky" to have Novak Djokovic back for its summer of tennis and has declared the returning Serb as still the man to beat at Melbourne Park and throughout 2023.

Power talks off as Albanese tests positive to COVID-19 again

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has tested positive for COVID-19 a second time and gone into isolation.

How COVID-19 lockdowns made life worse

Nearly half of Australians say the COVID-19 pandemic made their lives worse as new research cites mental health decline and job insecurity as driving factors.

NSW hires student doctors to ease pressure on hospitals

More than 1000 NSW final-year medical students will be working in hospitals in paid positions to reduce pressure on hospitals in the state's latest bid to aid the system battered by COVID-19.

COVID protests rock China as anger spreads

Protests have simmered in Shanghai as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, push back against heavy COVID-19 curbs almost three years into the pandemic.

Pandemic, climate stress contribute to children as young as 10 self-harming

The COVID pandemic and climate anxiety are likely contributing to the stress that is causing an alarming number of adolescents to self-harm, a study has found.

Excess mortality increases in 2022

17.3% more Australians died in the first seven months of 2022, and the average number of deaths in the ACT increased by 20.2%, ABS data show.

Have facemasks set back children’s speech development?

Children love to mimic. It’s one of the main ways they learn; taking note of how people around them speak, move, and act then recreating it. So, what happens when we reduce children’s ability to learn from those around them? Many parents, carers, and educators are now having to face the aftermath of prolonged facemask usage over the past couple of years.

Pandemic milestone: Mitchell Covid testing centre permanently closes

The ACT Government’s Mitchell COVID-19 drive-through testing centre will permanently close at 2pm today, Friday 28 October.

ANU study looks at impact of bushfires, COVID-19 on Aussie families  

A follow-up study from The Australian National University (ANU) will shed light on the full impact of the 2019/20 bushfires and the global pandemic on young families.  The study follows ANU’s 2020 Mother...

Australian COVID-19 response ‘was over-reach’

Australia has been warned against the perils of over-reach when dealing with future health crises, following a critical review of the response to COVID-19.

2,000 Aussies request Covid support on GIVIT, 1 million essentials given

Donation platform GIVIT has responded to the sharp rise in Covid relief requests from vulnerable Aussies, facilitating the donation of more than 70,000 essential items in the capital alone. The not-for-profit is now...

Support for high-risk Canberrans as COVID restrictions ease

The ACT Government will continue to support those at greatest of risk severe outcomes from COVID-19 as restrictions ease.

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