A common cold-like virus has outpaced both Covid-19 and influenza this winter, with Australia on track to record more than ...

Australia has 4164 coronavirus cases but the daily rate of increase has slowed down. The number of coronavirus cases in ...

Victoria is now the second state to have more than 1000 COVID-19 cases. Australia’s coronavirus death toll stands at 23.

SYDNEY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Australian state at the centre of the country's coronavirus outbreak on Saturday reported its lowest daily increase of infections in three months, putting it on course ...

Comparatively low numbers of respiratory viruses so far this year follows the worst influenza season in Australia on record in 2025, which saw more than 500,000 confirmed infections Follow our ...

Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no longer dominates the headlines, and influenza is often dismissed as a ...

In a statement released on Friday, the Labor government’s Health Minister Mark Butler blandly noted “an expected festive season wave” of COVID infection and illness. Australian Health Minister Mark ...

As we enter the colder months in Australia, COVID is making headlines again, this time due to the emergence of a new variant: NB.1.8.1. Last week, the World Health Organization designated NB.1.8.1 as ...

As the holiday season approaches, COVID cases are rising again in Australia, particularly in Victoria and Tasmania. This is now the fourth year running with a summer rise of COVID, and the second year ...