One Aussie state has revealed its next move on a major vaccine development project – which promises to change the way it responds to future health challenges.
Blake Antrobus
Australia's biosecurity measures are being stress tested over the global outbreak of deadly strain of avian influenza.
Rachael Ward
The World Health Organisation says the first batch of vaccines against mpox are set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo within days.
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A new strain of the virus, known as clade Ib, has the world's attention again after the World Health Organisation declared a new health emergency.
Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen
A man detected as having a case of mpox in Thailand has the clade 1b strain of the virus, health authorities say.
A ship near Argentina's inland grains port of Rosario has alerted authorities about a suspected case of mpox.
Pakistan is working to confirm whether an mpox case is a worrying new variant, days after the WHO declared the virus's spread a global health emergency.
Mushtaq Ali and Charlotte Greenfield
Bird flu restrictions for parts of Victoria where the deadly avian virus spread will be scrapped, almost two months after the most recent case was detected.
Holly Hales
The World Health Organisation has announced a global public health emergency due to a new variant of the monkeypox virus spreading.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of mpox has become a "public health emergency of continental security".
The deadly impact of COVID-19 on Australia is fading but the virus is expected to affect fatality rates for years, a report says.
Alex Mitchell
A raft of new evidence has killed off claims COVID-19 vaccinations caused a greater than expected number of deaths during the pandemic.
John Flint
The UK government failed the public due to "significant flaws" in preparing for the COVID-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has found.
Brian Melley
A suspended doctor facing disciplinary action for writing fake COVID-19 exemptions and sharing misinformation about vaccines says he told patients the truth.
Melissa Meehan
Doctors have ridiculed the State Government’s new campaign to boost vaccination rates for a range of diseases because it excludes the one killing more Western Australians than the others combined.
COVID continues to evolve and mutate into new variants that keep it a step ahead of our immunity. Here’s what you need to know.
Nathan Bartlett
US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority funds will be used to complete the development and testing of a mRNA-based vaccine for bird flu.
Julie Steenhuysen and Leah Douglas
Western Australia’s almost 20 million strong stockpile of expired rapid antigen tests is set to be destroyed before the end of the year, costing taxpayers $4 million.
Dylan Caporn
The highly contagious and deadly H7N8 strain of bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Hawkesbury region, NSW's health minister says.
A shocking number of residential aged-care homes have appallingly low vaccination rates for those aged over 75 — the very group most at risk from the deadly virus.
A new COVID sub-strain is adding to the current wave of infections in WA.
A 38-year-old man has become the second person to die from the viral infection monkeypox in South Africa in days, health officials say.
Tannur Anders
A four-year-old child in the eastern India was infected with bird flu caused by the H9N2 virus but recovered, the World Health Organisation says.
More than four years since the outbreak of COVID-19, the government is investing nearly $15 million into research of its long-term symptoms.
Kat Wong
