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Why are we still testing for Covid at the Winter Olympics? Members of the Australian team have tested positive.

Beauty therapy, tanning, waxing, nail salons and tattoo parlors are among the latest businesses that will be forced to shut their doors as Australia moves to the next stage in the fight against the ...

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 7 (Reuters) - At a beachfront park in Brisbane's north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that an upcoming referendum to recognise the country's first ...

Researchers developing Australia’s first mRNA Covid vaccine say they may have solved the “immune imprinting” issue that has contributed to the declining effectiveness of boosters as the virus mutates.

Over the nearly five years since COVID first emerged, you’d be forgiven if you’ve lost track of the number of new variants we’ve seen. Some have had a bigger impact than others, but virologists have ...

Even as the world moves past the worst of the pandemic, COVID‑19 continues to haunt the Olympics. Remember the 2022 Beijing Olympics, when 32 athletes had to isolate after testing positive? Their ...

SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney It might be hard ...