A health union has demanded the sacking of Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos, saying locked-down Victorians are paying the price for her incompetence.

Disability support workers working with clients who have, or are being tested for, COVID-19, should be paid an extra hourly rate, unions say.

JBS' Brooklyn plant again closed over coronavirus concerns.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos tells the inquiry she does not know who suggested and approved the use of private security guards in the state's bungled hotel quarantine program.

More strife for embattled Health Minister as March press conference comes back to haunt her and peak unions body backs Health Workers Union in privatisation row.

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Port Macquarie Base Hospital staff injured in 'bloody attack': union

A legal fight is underway as the health union tries to stop a major Victorian aged care provider from limiting its workers to one facility. The challenge come...

The Health Services Union claims its fight for a 25 per cent wage increase for aged care workers will act as a "post-pandemic stimulus" while finally recognising the true value of frontline carers.

There are fears personal protective equipment does not always protect against the coronavirus, as Victoria records 627 new cases.

Supermarket owner urges SA to calm down on toilet paper panic buying

A South Australian supermarket chain has called for calm as mass panic buying, caused by a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, surges across the state.

Coronavirus vaccine side effects: Health worker reports serious reaction to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

According to MDH more than 57,000 people have been vaccinated statewide, which is serving as a sense of relief at places like Abbott Northwestern and North M...

Nations in the European Union are preparing to roll out COVID-19 vaccines from Monday as more contagious strains make their way across the continent. Health workers and elderly residents will be the first to receive the vaccine as polls show only 57 per cent of Italians intend to get inoculated. Scientists estimate herd immunity can only be reached in 75 per cent of the population get the jab.

UK approves third vaccine as London declares 'major incident' at hospitals

Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to stop infection, World Health Organisation says

Covid vaccine balloons hope of taking the fight to the pandemic, residents serve out views on how-tos

Coronavirus: United States hopes to vaccinate 20 million people in December as death toll approaches 300,000

B.C. nurses working in the front lines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic experienced high levels of emotional exhaustion, depression and anxiety,...