Personal Protective Equipment

Queenslanders are being warned about a bacterial disease that's currently on the rise in the sunshine state. According to health authorities, cases of leptospirosis have spiked in the past 12 months…

Mouse plague leads to doubling of leptospirosis cases in Queensland

As the peak of India's COVID crisis approaches, the country desperately needs more help from the international community.

<p>Australians stranded in India will return home on rescue flights from May 15, but those infected with the virus will not be on board.</p>

Manager and head of infection control at a Melbourne quarantine hotel both fired after reports of dozens of incidents were lodged in the first four weeks of its operation.

<p>A security guard at a quarantine hotel in Perth may have contracted COVID-19 after handling the luggage of two infected travellers.</p>

Franklin Jones, who runs World Vision's response, says the crisis is devastating.

Exclusive data provided to the ABC shows hesitancy around the COVID-19 vaccine among disability support workers is higher than the general population.

<p>The Australian sharemarket rebounded from two straight days of losses, with the big four banks top performers.</p>

Australia has banned direct passenger flights from India in response to the country's surging coronavirus outbreak, creating further uncertainty for Australians stranded abroad.

A group of Sydney port workers has been given the all-clear after 12 crew were infected with COVID-19 on board a vessel when it docked in Port Botany. The bulk liquids vessel came from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, stopping in Sydney for 24 hours when 15 port workers boarded the ship wearing personal protective equipment. No crew disembarked during its stop. The body of one of the crew was found washed up on…

The global COVID-19 pandemic could provide "opportunities" to improve health care in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after the crisis is over, according to the...

A full review is underway after the breach involving a COVID-19 patient at Royal Perth Hospital.

The Palaszczuk Government is under pressure to find a local solution to a worldwide shortage of a crucial piece of medical equipment.

<p>Three staff members at the Royal Perth Hospital may have been exposed to coronavirus after a safety breach.</p>

<p>Papua New Guinea&#x27;s battle with a surging COVID-19 outbreak is at a &quot;critical&quot; stage as health authorities battle a fragile health system, slow and limited testing and vaccine hesitancy.</p>

Queensland's Nurses and Midwives Union says it has concerns about the fit-testing of personal protective equipment for health workers and fears nurses are being put at risk of being exposed to COVID-19.

A man in his 40s with COVID-19 remains in a critical condition in the intensive care unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Health authorities believe the man has the South African variant of the virus.

Graduate student Taekyu Joo setting up the filtration efficiency measurement system. (Credit: Fobang Liu, Georgia Tech) Wearing a face...

Jeannette Young was forced to explain how a nurse who received the vaccine could test positive 11 days later.