COVID Booster Pandemic affected Australia’s mental health Around one in five Australians had an increase in symptoms and intensity of depression during the 2020 lockdown, according to new research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The researchers, based at the Australian National University, surveyed 1,296 Australians every fortnight between late March 2020 and mid-June 2020. Seven surveys were done in total. “Younger age, being female, greater COVID-19-related work and social impairment, COVID-19-related financial distress, having a neurological or mental illness diagnosis,...