As children return to school, a new study sheds light on the infection patterns of the various COVID-19 virus variants in open-space learning.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
A new book based on the world’s largest multi-professional study of its kind relates the distressing experiences of Australian healthcare workers amid the pandemic.
For refugees and those seeking asylum, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on their ability to find and retain work.
The new variant of interest, detected in 42 countries, possesses a “constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape”.
Hard and fast lockdowns might seem harsh, but they’re a luxury many nations don’t have, and with large unvaccinated populations, the implications are potentially catastrophic. Just ask Indonesia.
We have the means, but how do you convince people to follow public health advice such as lockdowns?
The rapidly-mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus is testing the resilience of the world’s responses, with some variants evolving to become more infectious, and threatening a third wave.
When he volunteered to become one of the public faces of Victoria’s COVID-19 health response, Professor Allen Cheng’s life changed course dramatically – and accelerated.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools, beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers. Here's how to reduce your COVID risk.
Addressing the health, social and economic inequities in our communities is crucial in the COVID-19 recovery.
The COVID-19 death toll in aged-care homes is spiking. Protocols need to urgently be put in place to prevent infection, but there also needs to be detailed plans for when an outbreak occurs.
As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so too does the importance of wearing masks, but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease's spread.
Depicted as selfish and reckless, people in their 20s and 30s have been blamed for spreading COVID-19, but perpetuating negative stereotypes of a selfish generation is wrong and disingenuous.
Australia's COVID-19 response was bettered only by South Korea and Latvia, according to a new United Nations report. Just don't ask how it's doing on climate and sustainability.
As we (hopefully) start to move out of the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, there's a variety of issues we need to retain in our conversations with, and about, men’s health.
It's the 'agile nations' that have led the way in combating the COVID-19 crisis.
Epidemiological models may be complex, but they must be treated with respect.
How might the controlling of human mobility translate into a "new normal" beyond the coronavirus pandemic?
Researchers have repurposed existing tools to make a COVID-19 immunity test breakthrough.
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