Brisbane residents will have access to urgent COVID-19 testing even when asymptomatic as fears grow over a cluster in the city. Queensland has confirmed 10 cases of the highly infectious UK COVID-19 strain, four locally acquired, plunging Greater Brisbane into ...

Ageism is ubiquitous worldwide, with every second person holding ageist attitudes, according to a new WHO report on ageism. Ageism seeps into many institutions and sectors of society including those providing health and social care, in the workplace, media and ...

As the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out across aged care homes nationwide there have been encouraging signs from overseas as to the various vaccines' ability to reduce infection. In the US, as of February, 1,315,000 people had been infected across ...

International virus experts are demanding another investigation into the source of COVID-19, amid concerns China had too much control over the last. In an open letter, academics from across the globe, including the Australian National University, called for an “unrestricted international forensic ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...

Australia’s vaccine rollout is “on track” after a second delivery of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country on Tuesday. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the development gave him confidence in the reliability of supply from Europe. “The consistency of supply ...

New analysis from the Australian National University shows resistance and hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccination is growing in Australia. The study is based on a longitudinal survey of 3,500 Australians that tracked individuals’ responses prior to the pandemic taking place, ...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval for the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, TGA said Australians can be confident that the regulator's review process was rigorous and of the highest standard. It ...

The government has announced the release of training modules for staff who will administer the COVID-19 vaccines to the Australian public. Developed in partnership with the Australian College of Nursing, the free training covers multi-dose vials, handling and storage of ...

An Australian politician is calling for the senior management of a South Australian aged care facility to be stood down following public outrage over its approach to a scabies outbreak at one of its hostels. Frank Pangallo, a South Australian ...