At times when COVID numbers are increasing, allowing infectious people to mingle freely at work and socially will create epidemic growth and make the crisis even worse.

One of our leading infectious disease scientists credits a small box on his desk with keeping COVID-19 at bay.

The gulf between COVID reality and the narrative from Australian leaders could hardly be wider.

While this is a great victory it’s not yet gold. Gold is the elimination of community transmission, or zero mystery cases.

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political...

The head of one of the country’s top medical institutes says he’s uncomfortable his organisation can’t release taxpayer-funded Covid-19 modelling, as he urged national cabinet to replace Australia’s...

Up to 15,000 Australians are expected to die of COVID-19 this year, and an infectious diseases expert says...

An exclusive survey shows many adults are reluctant to get another jab, despite thousands of new infections each day.

Experts are at odds. Some say we are clearly moving out of the pandemic. Others say the high death rates show us that we are still in a national crisis.

Pressure is growing on Australian governments to revise COVID-19 management strategies, reports Croakey's managing editor, Alison Barrett. Alison Barrett writes:

Three of Australia's leading COVID-19 experts share their personal safety strategies and reflect on what must happen if we're to blunt the growing health crisis the pandemic is causing — and prepare...

One scenario likely to be considered by national cabinet would require workers in high-risk settings to isolate but end the rule for others.

Experts say new modelling of Victoria's "unique" second wave shows face masks should be the first thing introduced during any future pandemic.     

Doctors say Australia must coordinate Covid-19 data nationally and pick up the game on testing, tracing, isolating and quarantining

Rev. Bill Crews chats to Professor Allan Saul from the Burnett Institute about the flaws in the Doherty modelling which suggests having rates at 70-80 per cent means the need for long, stringent...

The road map to partial freedom is a relief for millions of locked down NSW citizens, but it comes with risks.

Widespread mask-wearing in Victorian schools could save dozens of lives each month, according to new modelling.

Victoria’s response to a resurgence of COVID-19 has averted 9,000-37,000 cases in July 2020

It's no longer necessary for people with COVID-19 to isolate, with Australian authorities scrapping rules which have been in place for years. It's a move that's drawn some criticism.

The House of Representatives Health Committee has heard long COVID clinics are being contacted by more patients struggling with ongoing symptoms. An estimated three to five per cent of Australians...

Lindsay McDougall keeps you informed of the latest news affecting the Illawarra.

It's a question that we've been asking since the very beginning of the pandemic: when will it really end? It's easy to think that because people are vaccinated and less attention is paid to COVID,...

The number of COVID infections reported this year is more than 20 times greater than for the two previous years.

Trade unions are also calling on the government to reinstate Covid leave payment amid Omicron wave

Background Whilst evidence of use of face masks in reducing COVID-19 cases is increasing, the impact of mandatory use across a large population has been difficult to assess. Introduction of mandatory...

Tennis players won’t need to disclose positive COVID-19 results, but organisers recommend they stay at home if they feel unwell.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been told by other state leaders that she must consult national cabinet about any plan to deviate from an agreed strategy to contain COVID-19.

HEALTH leaders in Ballarat are urging people to keep wearing masks when outdoors at all times, despite a...

We speak with one of the nation's leading infectious disease experts, Professor Brendan Crabb from the Burnet Institute. He tells us why governments have bungled our COVID strategy by letting the...

The risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher and it has shown no sign of being milder than Delta, a study showed, as cases soar across Europe and...

More than 7,500 Australians have died from COVID-19 in 2022, and some think that number could reach 15,000 by the end of the year. So what, if anything, is being done to slow the death toll? Today we...

In the first two years of the pandemic, Australia’s COVID elimination strategy was among the most effective in the world. Now we rank second in the world for the most cases per capita.

Australia has weathered the pandemic better than most countries, but that should not mitigate the need for further efforts to contain the virus

The latest international data suggests COVID-19 cases and deaths in Australia are among the highest in the world on a per capita basis. Epidemiologists suggest a number of factors are responsible,...

Introduction by Croakey: This is no time for complacency on COVID-19, public health leaders have warned in Europe, urging governments

Political opportunism is clouding the hard truth: we need to open up, but higher vaccination rates alone will not be enough to allow it; some measure of social and population control will be required...