Epidemics and Pandemics

The extraordinary way working from home has transformed our labour market means it shouldn't be seen as a "favour" to workers, but as a favour to us all, writes Leonora Risse.

Hospitals have become a strange new battleground in the fight against COVID, with doctors and public health experts concerned that too many patients are catching the virus — and an alarming number are dying — as a result of inadequate infection control.

Four years since COVID-19 spread around the world, medical researchers are still studying the effects on human health.

Behind the scenes governments have been steadily dismantling many other elements of a surveillance system that we were so reliant on in the emergency period of the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Casey Briggs.

A South Australian government employee who fell ill after getting a mandatory COVID vaccine has won compensation against his employer.

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 for the next one.

The surge in tree-changers began during the pandemic, pushing the price of small rural blocks to new highs.

NSW has seen the highest level of COVID in a year with two variants being behind the bulk of cases, as the health department urges those infected with the virus to stay home.

Rats have a reputation for being disease-carrying vermin. But some experts say this is overshadowing the intelligence and potential of some rat species.

If you could curate the "perfect" news feed for a day/week/month — what news would you choose?

Long COVID is not just destroying people's health. Behind closed doors, in homes across Australia and abroad, it is irreversibly changing relationships — sometimes for the better, too often for worse.

Many people’s concerns about COVID have reduced significantly this Christmas compared to previous festive periods. But for some people, COVID precautions are still front of mind ahead of family gatherings.

JN.1 appears to be more transmissible than some previous variants and, with so many of us travelling and gathering with others right now, the conditions are right for the virus to spread.

There's another COVID wave hanging over Australia's Christmas plans, and concern about what some have said is a mystery outbreak of respiratory disease in children in China.

Applying the logic of JobKeeper to create a HomeKeeper program could save a lot of working-class mortgagors from losing their homes, writes Chris Wallace.

One year on from the "white paper protests", one of the biggest displays of civil disobedience in China since the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, young people are finding creative ways to express political dissent.

Two antiviral drugs are available in Australia, but one is prescribed more routinely. Here's what you need to know as we navigate another COVID wave.

After NSW Premier Chris Minns contracted the virus this week, he strongly recommended people stay at home until their COVID symptoms subside. Here's what the experts say.

Chinese authorities are planning to open more fever clinics to deal with a surge in respiratory diseases.

As a new wave of COVID-19 hits Australia, why are so few aged care residents up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations?

As an eighth wave of the virus spreads across the country, health authorities are concerned about vulnerable populations in the Northern Territory.

Chinese health authorities have provided data requested by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.

Genes, environment and lifestyle are some of the risk factors for serious diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. This is why scientists believe COVID-19 infection should be added to the list, writes Catherine Taylor.

Is the mask mandate coming back? Are there new booster shots? When can I go back to work? Everything you need to know if you get COVID-19.

We're in the grips of a surging COVID-19 wave but there's some good news — the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna will be up for grabs from December 11.