New York City will slash the number of attendees in Times Square and require masks, AstraZeneca says three doses of its vaccine is effective against Omicron, citing Oxford study
Sexual assault victims without Medicare shouldn’t be billed for tests, Queensland taskforce finds
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Queensland Health must “immediately” stop charging sexual assault victims who aren’t covered by Medicare for the costs associated with forensic examinations and tests, a taskforce has found. The practice of charging v...
Young Australians hit hard by Covid pandemic, life satisfaction survey finds
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Young Australians aged 18 to 24 were hit hard by the pandemic, losing the most life satisfaction of any age group in the first two years of Covid, new analysis has found. The Australian National University’s Covid-19 ...
Apple to launch ‘lockdown mode’ to protect against Pegasus-style hacks
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Apple is launching a “lockdown mode” for its devices to protect people – including journalists and human rights activists – targeted by hacking attacks like those launched by government clients of NSO Group using its ...
Favorable weather aiding fight against California wildfire Electra
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Favorable weather is aiding the fight against a wildfire in California’s Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties. The size of the Electra fire remained unchanged on Wednesday morning at about 6.1 sq m...
Tell us: how have you been affected by the Covid situation in UK hospitals?
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Amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, we would like hear about what the situation in hospitals is like for patients, their relatives, and healthcare workers. You can get in touch by filling in the form below or conta...
Who’s clapping now? UK healthcare workers with long Covid have been abandoned
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UK frontline doctors, like the rest of our NHS colleagues, stepped up to provide medical care to patients with Covid-19 from the start of the pandemic, long before any available Covid vaccines. Most were not furloughe...
More Australians to be eligible for fourth dose of Covid vaccine as Omicron infections rise
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A fourth Covid vaccine will be made available to more Australians as health authorities attempt to stave off further spread of the infectious virus which continues to place the health system under enormous pressure. T...
Pfizer vaccines that target Omicron variant pass first step to approval in Australia
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Two vaccines that specifically target the Omicron variant have been granted “provisional determination” by Australia’s drugs regulator, the first step in a process for getting the vaccines approved for use. It comes a...