COVID vaccines given the final green light for five to eleven year olds as anxious parents seek the details

Preliminary data suggests people with only two COVID vaccine doses are less protected against Omicron variant

The federal government is trying to lure more more doctors and nurses to regional areas by offering to wipe their university debt.

Two months out from the Beijing Winter Olympics, the United States says it won't send government or diplomatic officials in a protest against human rights abuses in China - Australia hasn't decided whether to follow.

US health authorities say they'll fast-track the approval of a vaccine to specifically treat the Omicron variant of COVID-19

Alan Tudge steps down from Cabinet as the Government takes stock after a rocky end to the parliamentary year;

Some of Australia's most eminent scientists and business figures urge the fed Government to do more to help developing nations get vaccinated.

A Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram and Twitter under the parliamentary microscope ... an inquiry set to examine toxic material on social media;

There are many unanswered questions about the Omicron-variant but in some reassuring news scientists say if a new vaccine is needed it can happen quickly - in as little as three months.

The COVID-Omicron variant is here in Australia - should we be worried or will our high vaccination rates save us from more Pandemic stress?;