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Report finds more than one-third of population had at least one antimicrobial prescription subsidised by Australian government in 2022

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as prescription rates jump.

Australian Medical Association president Maria Boulton says people should be wearing masks in public places like large crowds, planes and medical settings as Covid cases continue to rise.

Australias top professors have revealed why a new Covid wave is causing cases to skyrocket in every state and territory ahead of the festive period.

Australias top professors have explained why thousands of Australians are getting sick right now.

As the world scrambled desperately for protective equipment in 2020, Australia made a hasty deal with a virtually unknown supplier – it went disastrously wrong

The prime minister argues an inquiry that looks at the pandemic responses of both levels of government would be too unwieldy.

Former Labor staffer Angela Jackson has defended Covid lockdowns even though she is heading an inquiry into the pandemic. Only the federal government response will be examined.

States have been exempted from the inquiry into Australia’s COVID response, a move that has angered business, health experts, the Human Rights Commission...

An inquiry will try to draw lessons from the government response, but some question whether it will go far enough.