Melbourne GP Pallavi Sharma on the vexed issue of long COVID
Dr Pallavi Sharma is general practitioner (GP), a Cosmetic Physician and a staunch advocate for her patients. With Diploma in Obstetrics from India, she...
Victoria’s deadliest month since the pandemic began
Omicron’s sub-variants BA.4.5 and BA.5 have taken hold nationally.
Victoria recorded more than six-hundred (650) COVID related deaths in July, surpassing the total recorded in...
Australia’s case numbers & deaths third highest globally
Australia’s COVID fatality and case numbers have risen to the third highest in the world, per capita.
Experts say this is most likely the worst...
People urged to work from home again as new wave hits
People are being urged to work from home as the latest wave of COVID hits, but without mandates the decision is up to individual...
Mask up. Make it safer to live each day!
Joylakshmi has not stopped wearing a mask even though restrictions have loosened. Sometimes, she feels she belongs to the minority who are still masked...
‘Current Omicron wave is just the beginning, not its end’
Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly has warned that all signs indicate cases will continue to rise over the next month as the newer...
Highly infectious COVID strain worries leaders
New strains of COVID-19 have Australia’s leaders and health authorities concerned about a possible surge that will increase pressure on hospitals and doctors over...
Not just another wave, COVID hospitalisation reach record high
Hospitalisation due to COVID infections has reached record high levels across Australia Western Australia recorded its highest admissions, while Tasmania and ACT are currently...
Booster shot: The choices we make matter more now
After two years of uncertainty, the pandemic is not far behind us. With the new Omicron variants BA4 and BA5 wreaking havoc—hospital admissions in...
Covid hospital admissions in Victoria soar by almost 80%
Hospital admissions in Victoria have soared, with health experts saying state and federal authorities need new COVID strategies.
According to the Australian Medical Association (AMA),...