Aisha Dow
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Australia is in its seventh COVID wave. What’s next for the ‘Goldilocks virus’?
For many of us, COVID-19 will be nothing much more than a cold. Yet the virus continues to claim more lives in Australia than pneumonia and the flu combined. → Read More
Cost-of-living pressures deepen mental health crisis
Data from Lifeline and the National Debt Hotline show soaring costs are taking a toll on mental health. → Read More
‘A question of when’: Albanese backs fourth COVID shots as workplaces slammed
The call to expand eligibility for extra boosters comes as health experts warn the winter Omicron wave could be the worst outbreak the country has ever seen. → Read More
‘It’s really dangerous now’: Australia’s influenza hiatus set to end
Infectious diseases specialists are particularly concerned about babies and toddlers who have never been exposed to the virus. → Read More
Quarantine hotels to be used for COVID-19 patients
Patients nearing the end of their hospital stay are set to be transferred to hotel quarantine in a bid to reduce the demand for hospital beds. → Read More
As corporate customers snap up rapid tests, others go without
“It’s like the most vulnerable people that need the most support are the ones that tend to miss out.” → Read More
Booster gap remains despite fears
It comes despite surging COVID-19 cases in NSW. → Read More
COVID boosters fast-tracked to five months gap, making millions more eligible for third shot
Australia’s COVID-19 booster shot program will be accelerated, with people now eligible for a third shot of a COVID-19 vaccine after five months. → Read More
Is Australia ready for Omicron?
Deep inside a concrete containment lab, Australian scientists in hazmat suits keep a watchful eye on a microscopic sample of Omicron growing in a lab dish. → Read More
Fury on Melbourne’s streets as police change tactics and prepare for more
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton says police will change tactics for expected protests on Wednesday, but won’t reveal what the force is planning. → Read More
Calls for national school ventilation plan, more details on booster shots to protect vulnerable
Health and architecture experts and the federal opposition want a national plan for better-ventilated schools and more details on the roll-out of a booster shot program to protect the most vulnerable. → Read More
Opening up: Living with COVID in Australia
There is now widespread recognition that we’ll need more than just a high rate of vaccination to live more freely in Australia. So what might life look like? → Read More
Ventilation ‘revolution’ needed to speed up Australia’s path out of lockdown
Building design could be overhauled and employers would be required to ensure clean air under ventilation overhauls that some believe could be as important as vaccines to Australia’s pandemic response. → Read More
Life after the pandemic: will we meet COVID again?
“It won’t be a big wave that shuts down the hospital for three months,” says Professor Nancy Baxter. “But it doesn’t mean that you won’t get cases.” → Read More
Experts warn Australia at risk of third COVID wave without widespread vaccination
Following calls to hasten the reopening of the nation’s borders, experts warn it won’t be safe to remove restrictions until at least 70 per cent of the population is vaccinated. → Read More
New advice on COVID spread puts air quality in the spotlight
Experts call for focus on airborne virus spread, with one saying ‘you could be washing your hands until the cows come home and you could still get COVID-19’. → Read More
India COVID travel ban shows nation’s quarantine system ‘is not working’: AMA
The Australian Medical Association and leading infectious diseases experts say opportunities to improve or expand Australia’s hotel quarantine system have been missed. → Read More
‘Bad management’: Perth locked down as experts call time on hotel quarantine
Top infection control experts and doctors call for end to the hotel quarantine in Australia, after an outbreak sends Perth into snap, three-day lockdown. → Read More
Social media chatter skyrockets among Australian ‘anti-vax’ groups
But researchers monitoring online platforms for the federal government say they are hopeful that in the future social media can help normalise the vaccinations as more Australians receive the jab. → Read More
Victoria ‘can’t be trusted’ with hotel quarantine, disease expert says
An expert witness to Victoria’s hotel quarantine inquiry has called for the rebooted program to be shut down following a string of infection control breaches. → Read More