COVID-19

Researchers in the US have found that since the COVID pandemic, people are staying at home more than before. But in Australia, a study has found while feelings of isolation have increased, our sense of loneliness during the pandemic lockdowns didn't. 

Child health and wellbeing researchers have welcomed an independent review criticising the COVID-19 pandemic response in relation to young people.

Jacinta Allan has refused to apologise for the Labor government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic following the findings of the federal inquiry.  

Mark Butler says the leaders who oversaw Australia's COVID-19 pandemic response don't need to say sorry to rebuild public trust.

More than four years since it crashed onto our shores, one of the longest of COVID-19's symptoms has been the insidious corrosion of one of the primary binding agents of democracy.

An inquiry into COVID has found while the governments took courageous decisions in the early days of the crisis, inconsistencies led to an erosion of trust.

The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says while there were good ideas in the economic response, they were poorly executed and not targeted well.

The government has announced it will invest $251.7 million to deliver a Centre for Disease Control, fulfilling an election promise.

Mark Butler says a decline in trust has expanded beyond COVID-19 to other vaccination programs.

Australia's COVID-19 response frayed after early successes, damaging the public's trust and making it unlikely that lockdowns or other harsh restrictions will be tolerated again, a federal government review has found.

Nicky has been living in a two-bedroom motel with her children after rental demand skyrocketed in south-east Queensland.

A female police officer was pregnant when she was assaulted by anti-vaccine protester and failed South Australian Senate candidate Raina Cruise in Adelaide's CBD, a court has heard.

Hundreds of former and current police officers and staff members have launched a class action lawsuit against the state government and the Queensland Police Service, over its COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

New COVID-19 strains are emerging and with it the need for updated vaccines to protect people from the virus. So how do researchers quickly update shots to keep up with mutations?

As Australia's population nears 30 million, this is the story of how we got here and where we might be heading next.

Thousands of patients caught COVID in NSW public hospitals last year and hundreds died, fuelling concerns among infection control experts that hospitals are not taking strong enough precautions against airborne viruses.

Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year. Here's what you need to know about XEC — the highly transmissible strain that has been reported in 29 countries. 

Queensland Labor needs to convince regional voters it deserves a fourth term in government, but it has a tough battle on its hands from the LNP.

For many of us, COVID has become just a bad memory, despite its lasting and mixed legacies. But experts are urging that we learn from our mistakes and plan ahead. 

A record number of Australian suburbs now have a median house or unit value above $1 million, according to a new report.