Here's a scenario that's becoming all too common: Your child had a runny nose last week, so you took the whole family for COVID-19 tests. You had to get time off work, wait in your car for hours at ...

Both state governments have planned for a safe return to face-to-face learning which will require all school-aged children to take two rapid antigen tests weekly for a month. This will work in ...

Fresh from helping New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explain the COVID-19 pandemic to that nation's children, leading scientist Michelle Dickinson answers questions from Australian kids. When ...

If you have respiratory symptoms as we head towards winter and flu season, could it be COVID or the flu? Or something else entirely? Now, we have a range of home tests that can distinguish between flu ...

New information about the disease is emerging daily and its impact is starting to be felt across Australia with the latest reports of 191 people now infected. Wide-ranging implications may include the ...

Combination RATs can identify COVID-19, influenza A and influenza B. Seven different combination tests have been approved for sale in Australia. Immunologists say the tests will be most useful during ...

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) is due to meet this week to discuss potential next steps for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program. It comes as case numbers across ...

They're cheaper, less invasive and a more accurate method of testing. Saliva is the main bodily fluid which causes the spread of COVID-19. This can be through breathing, coughing, sneezing and having ...