An Australian-first study on the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines has found a third COVID jab provides two thirds more protection from death or hospitalisation from Omicron.
According to a new study of blood-donors, it is estimated that 17 per cent of the Australian adult population has recently been infected with the Omicron strain of COVID-19, giving a new meaning to being "O-positive".
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says the city's vaccination program will target the elderly and children amid a surge in coronavirus infections. The virus is ripping through aged care homes and overwhelming hospitals.
Council on the Ageing CEO Ian Yates says while locking down residential aged care facilities at the start of an outbreak is understandable, it can't continue indefinitely.
In between juggling home schooling and the other stresses of pandemic life, Macquarie University dementia researchers Associate Professor Yazi Ke and Professor Lars Ittner found that stem cell technology had progressed to a point where they could potentially use it to create miniature brains.
A new HSU survey has revealed four in five aged care workers believe their facility was not prepared for the Omicron variant and a "let it rip" approach to COVID-19.
Hospitals became "angry" when COVID-19 positive residents started being transferred from a Melbourne nursing home where 45 people died from last year's outbreak, a nurse has revealed.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews recently announced that from 11:59pm Tuesday, August 17, across metropolitan Melbourne, permits will be required for people to travel and attend workplaces to perform authorised work, unless an exemption applies.
Despite vaccinations now ramping up across Australia, the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. Recent events have demonstrated how easily and quickly the virus can spread within the community.
New research from the Registry of Senior Australians at SAHMRI has shown viral respiratory infections have been increasing among Australia’s residential aged care population even before COVID-19.
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