Scientists are using genomic sequencing technology, like that used to tackle COVID-19 clusters, to track worsening syphilis outbreaks in Melbourne’s suburbs. Key points: Doctors are particularly concerned...
Singapore has warned that new coronavirus variants, such as the one first detected in India, are affecting more children than past strains, as the city-state prepares to...
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID-19 pandemic, says...
New figures show one in four COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia have not been administered, with GP clinics and every state and territory under-utilising their allocated supply....
A driver who was allegedly more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit when his ute hit a tree, killing his passenger, has been arrested and...
Queensland researchers and a US team have developed an antiviral therapy that has killed off the COVID-19 viral load in infected mice by 99.9 per cent. Key points:...
Australia’s quarantining Indian Premier League players will be made available for the white ball tour of the Caribbean, with nine of the stars named in a...
The family of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath has publicly released a report into her death, revealing she had a temperature of 38.8 degrees Celsius and was “floppy”...
A Tasmanian man accused of murder has told the jury drug suppliers from Victoria killed his friend over a drug debt. Key points: Jack Sadler told...
A 44-year-old man has admitted to vandalising SA government buildings, including the State Administration Centre in Adelaide’s CBD where he used a hammer to smash windows....