COVID 19

Just a couple of months after a new family of COVID-19 strains named FLiRT arrived in Australia, health authorities are warning a new, more infectious subvariant is taking over.

Other companies have been testing a combined COVID-flu vaccine, but Moderna is the first to announce positive late-stage trial results.

The airline is being sued by the Transport Workers' Union in the Federal Court after the firm laid off almost 1700 ground staff in November 2020.

Two women who attempted to steal $83,000 from the retirement savings of strangers by exploiting a pandemic aid program have been handed two-year sentences but released on probation.

Roads are improving and safety technology is getting better. So why are more and more Australians dying on the road each year?

COVID-19 was first detected in late 2019, but in the more than four years since, the disease has been through several different mutations.

A new family of COVID-19 strains, nicknamed "FLiRT" are spreading across the world, and have arrived in Australia. This is what you need to know about it.

Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble."

And a certain pop megastar helped the industry bounce back.

The report found those disadvantaged children and their families went on to face financial hardship. 

The Transport Workers' Union has sued Qantas in the Federal Court after almost 1700 workers were retrenched and then outsourced in early 2020 as the pandemic first took grip.

A New South Wales business group is calling for the reinstatement of dining vouchers to provide a boost to cafes and restaurants struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Flu season is upon us, but other viruses including COVID-19 are also on the rise as winter approaches.

Australian researchers have made the discovery, which will play an important role in improving vaccine safety.

Wastewater testing is also showing high levels of COVID-19 across the state.

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator.

The supermarket giants' reputation will continue to fall in the coming months, according to findings from a new survey.

More than $1 million of cash grants to help businesses stay afloat during Covid-19 were claimed fraudulently.

Victoria's top safety watchdog said it's 'deeply disappointed' by the decision to drop the 58 charges.

A construction worker struck down by cancer and COVID-19 is mounting a legal campaign after his insurance company refused to honour his lost wages. 

A 72-year-old from the Netherlands was infected with COVID-19 for 613 days, the longest period of infection ever recorded.

Moderna has engaged its own medical expert as it faces an inquest in Victoria, which is investigating whether a 21-year-old woman died because of its COVID-19 vaccine.

The study said that, without vaccines, 21,250 people aged over 50 would have died from the virus in the state over those 12 months – almost six times the actual 3495 deaths in that age group.

The American couple are accused of misspending $1.3 million in pandemic relief funds.

Australia remains yet to record zero weekly deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, despite federal health data yesterday showing the milestone had been reached.

In all, 22 people have been arrested and $986 million in assests have been seized as part of the investigation.

A barely-there line can be confusing but the TGA has clarified what it means.

More than a thousand more Aussies are likely to die from bowel cancer because of disruptions caused by COVID-19, researchers say.

John Gerrard earlier this month said that identifying Covid as a sinister or unique virus was "doing more harm than good".

The vaccine needs to be administered regularly to counter waning immunity and fight new variants.

NSW Health could remove requirements for workers to get the COVID-19 jab in coming weeks.

Police say the far-right leader allegedly ordered one of his closest aides to enter false vaccination data into the Ministry of Health's system for himself and his daughter, according to CNN Brasil.

Health experts are warning Australians to get their flu shots as early as possible this year, ahead of a severe early flu season.

One of Australia's leading doctors now wants everyone to stop using the term "long COVID".

A new report has revealed a decline in mental health across the world since the COVID-19 pandemic, with wealthy countries, including Australia, feeling the strain.

Mexico City, Peru, and Bolivia had some of the largest drops in life expectancy.

The man's reaction to the hypervaccination surprised scientists who studied the case.

Theo Seremetidis was stood down in 2020, hours after directing others not to clean planes from China over COVID-19 concerns.

If you're thinking an unusually high number of work colleagues have been struck down with flu recently, you'd be right.

Emails have surfaced showing some former workers were told they couldn't apply for another job, despite the vaccine mandate being scrapped.

Qantas has agreed to pay compensation to a worker who was stood down and isolated from colleagues after directing others not to clean planes arriving from China early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state's Supreme Court has found.

In March 2020, she pressured students under her supervision to help her steal PPE from a hospital.

Distressed passengers aboard the doomed cruise ship, which saw 663 positive COVID-19 results and 28 deaths, are fighting for $69 million.

A document oversight has pushed back the criminal case against St Basil's over the deaths of 45 residents from COVID-19.

The most popular car brands included Toyota, Mazda and Ford.

Shepherd told 9News he now had the heart of a 90-year-old.

Health professionals warn the spike in childhood obesity could cost millions in future healthcare needs.

Late charity campaigner and catholic priest Father Bob Maguire is one of over 1000 Australians to be honoured in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List.

Larger, younger and increasingly from overseas - that's what ABS data shows about Australia's population in 2024.