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“I guess there’s a lot of pressure, pressure on us, and its, its very tiring and challenging to get breaks in and so on,” she says into her phone to no one in particular.  “We’ve had, you know, young people that have had ...

COVID-19 is about nine months old, we think, and with each passing month we learn more about what this new coronavirus does to the body. Long COVID is a term being used for one set of symptoms researchers are observing ...

A 32-year-old nurse at Ipswich hospital in Queensland has tested positive for COVID-19 as 220 staff at the hospital have gone into precautionary quarantine.  The nurse is one of two new positive cases in the state announced on Sunday, and Ipswich hospital has moved all appointments elsewhere whilst only the emergency department remains open.  Both new cases are linked to the youth detention cluster ...

COVID-19 is not the first time that a pandemic has ravaged a society and starting with the first recorded pandemic in Athens, during the Peloponnesian War, nearly every generation has had to deal with a deadly disease. Professor Peter Curson ...

Pregnant women have faced significant obstacles over the last eight months. On top of the challenges expectant mothers usually experience they have the added stress of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Add to the mix a consistent stream of inconsistencies nationwide over ...

A toddler who had become "floppy and blue" and was rushed to a Sydney hospital was originally refused a bed by two separate nurses, an inquest has heard. Less than 24-hours after Caitlin Cruz arrived at Westmead Children's Hospital in ...

In a departure from the policies taken to the last federal election, Labor leader Anthony Albanese has come out in favour of minimum staffing levels in aged care.   Speaking to the National Press Club, Albanese decried the state of ...

A senior nurse who recently returned from coronavirus-hit Victoria has become South Australia's latest positive case, as the state mulls a "soft border" with Queensland. The woman, among a group of nurses sent to Victoria to assist in the embattled ...

Senator Richard Colbeck faced intense questioning at the Senate Select Committee hearing on Australia’s response to COVID-19 on Friday, and was criticised for appearing not to know how many people in aged care have died from COVID-19 since the beginning ...

Over the last 8 months we have all become experts on COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, but how much do we know about other viruses that are lurking in our community. The emergence of COVID-19 is a timely reminder that diseases ...