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Long-COVID study could unlock new vaccines, treatments

Long-COVID study could unlock new vaccines, treatments

Australian-led research into cells that fight long-COVID has the potential to help shape new coronavirus treatments and vaccines.

Fight to keep deadly avian influenza strain at bay

Fight to keep deadly avian influenza strain at bay

Fight to keep deadly avian influenza strain at bay

Fight to keep deadly avian influenza strain at bay

Australia's biosecurity measures are being stress tested over the global outbreak of deadly strain of avian influenza.

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

NSW has rolled back some avian influenza restrictions as a senior minister warns of the devastating impact if another strain makes its way into Australia.

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Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Two men have been jailed for using false identities to rort a COVID-19 small business grant scheme of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Thailand says mpox case is more easily spread variant

Thailand says mpox case is more easily spread variant

A man detected as having a case of mpox in Thailand has the clade 1b strain of the virus, health authorities say.

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Research shows long COVID meant about 100 million work hours were missed in 2022, costing the Australian economy billions.

Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say

Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say

Pakistan is working to confirm whether an mpox case is a worrying new variant, days after the WHO declared the virus's spread a global health emergency.

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Mpox cases on the rise amid global health emergency

Mpox cases on the rise amid global health emergency

Mpox cases on the rise amid global health emergency

Mpox cases on the rise amid global health emergency

Mpox cases are rising in Australia's eastern states, with certain groups of sexually-active men in particular urged to seek out free vaccines.

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Restrictions ease as bird flu outbreak is quashed

Bird flu restrictions for parts of Victoria where the deadly avian virus spread will be scrapped, almost two months after the most recent case was detected.

WHO says mpox a global public health emergency again

WHO says mpox a global public health emergency again

WHO says mpox a global public health emergency again

WHO says mpox a global public health emergency again

The World Health Organisation has announced a global public health emergency due to a new variant of the mpox virus spreading.

Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Victoria's legionnaires' disease outbreak has grown to 71 confirmed cases and a further seven suspected, following the death of an infected woman in her 90s.

Race to find source of legionnaires' disease outbreak

Race to find source of legionnaires' disease outbreak

Race to find source of legionnaires' disease outbreak

Race to find source of legionnaires' disease outbreak

The source of an outbreak of a severe form of pneumonia is yet to be confirmed but it is thought to be a cooling tower due to the high number of cases.

COVID effect to cause 'excess' deaths for years to come

COVID effect to cause 'excess' deaths for years to come

COVID effect to cause 'excess' deaths for years to come

COVID effect to cause 'excess' deaths for years to come

The deadly impact of COVID-19 on Australia is fading but the virus is expected to affect fatality rates for years, a report says.

Suspended doctor says he told truth about COVID

Suspended doctor says he told truth about COVID

Suspended doctor says he told truth about COVID

Suspended doctor says he told truth about COVID

A suspended doctor facing disciplinary action for writing fake COVID-19 exemptions and sharing misinformation about vaccines says he told patients the truth.

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GPs urge jabs as winter lurgies return with a vengeance

A spike in illness ranging from flu and whooping cough to gastro concerns doctors and health authorities who urge more people to get vaccinated.

Backyard chickens in latest Canberra bird flu detection

Chickens in the backyard of a Canberra home are the latest to test positive to a strain of bird flu that has sparked mass culls and egg shortages.

Tourism bouncing back with record visitor spending

International visitors are spending the most since 2019 as the tourism industry inches closer to recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bird flu detected at eighth Victorian farm

Another Victorian farm has been confirmed to have bird flu, the eighth in the state, with the chickens at the property doomed to be euthanised.

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Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Experts have hosed down fears about bird flu outbreaks in Australia and overseas being stoked on social media.

Mass bird-cull ordered to stop flu at second NSW farm

The highly contagious and deadly H7N8 strain of bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Hawkesbury region, NSW's health minister says.

Plea for calm as mass bird-cull ordered to stop flu

Some 240,000 birds will be destroyed on a NSW egg farm to tackle the spread of bird flu in two states.

Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Australia does not do enough to protect its biosecurity, an expert has warned as authorities work overtime to contain the spread of bird flu in two states.

Funding plea as health system faces 'national crisis'

Patients are copping the brunt of a deteriorating health system as state and territory health ministers call on the federal government to help fix the "crisis".

Spotlight on long COVID as millions spent on research

More than four years since the outbreak of COVID-19, the government is investing nearly $15 million into research of its long-term symptoms.

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.

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