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How an Adelaide anti-vaccination protest became a Russian propaganda opportunity

Anti-vaccination protesters say an event held in Adelaide was "hijacked" by pro-Russia demonstrators and misrepresented by Russian news websites — turning a "day of remembrance" for people they say have been injured by COVID-19 vaccines into "a rally in support of Russia".

ABC News

Push to overcome vaccine delays

Authorities are working to speed up the rollout of childhood immunisation programmes that have been delayed by Covid-19 for three years.

Bangkok Post

Editorial: How an ideologically blinded media failed to take the COVID lab leak theory seriously

Citing a classified intelligence report provided to members of Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China.

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An at-home COVID-19 and flu test gets FDA emergency use authorization

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home test that can detect and discern between COVID-19 infection and two strains of the flu, Influenza A and B, continuing the shift from clinical to home-diagnostic care that blossomed during the height of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Final moments of first UK child to die of Covid described at inquest

A consultant says it was 'like a wartime experience' but Ismail suffered no pain or fear

Wales Online

Victoria tips $10m into mRNA vaccine workforce training

Victoria is pouring $10 million into training Australia's vaccine workforce, ahead of the southern hemisphere's first mRNA production site opening in 2024.

The New Daily

The Loop: 'Havana syndrome' not aliens nor foreign attack, TikTok introduces time limits, and 'no decisions' on Australia post — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

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Australian schools are tackling vaping by installing detectors in bathrooms. But how do they work?

Australian schools are installing vape detectors in bathrooms to deter students from using the harmful products, but just how effective are the devices?

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Breathing tube error may have contributed to death of first child Covid victim, inquest told

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome after contracting disease in March 2020

Evening Standard

Reports on COVID origin reignite conspiracy theories about virus

FBI director, US Department of Energy say virus originated in a lab, but other US officials say there’s no consensus.

Al Jazeera

First UK child to die with Covid may have died after 'horrendous oversight by doctors'

London teenager Ismail Mohammed died a week after lockdown at King's College Hospital - and an inquest has now heard the positioning of a tube in his throat may have contributed to his death

Daily Mirror

Failure to step up Covid testing capacity in England left care homes exposed

While tests existed, scientists could not track size of outbreak, leaving vulnerable people unprotected

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: FBI director endorses Covid lab leak theory

Comments fuel divide within US intelligence community on origins. Plus, Finland erects Russia border fence

The Guardian - UK

COVID-19 conjecture soars after latest report on origins

Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 are soaring following a new report from the Energy Department that concluded the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab

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China Dismisses FBI Statement on COVID Lab Leak Theory

For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed US suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the US intelligence…

The Independent UK

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

For the second day in a row, China is dismissing U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory

Bangkok Post

FBI: China lab leak ‘likely’ caused Covid

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China "likely" caused the Covid-19 pandemic, according to FBI director Christopher Wray.

The Independent UK

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says

Christopher Wray publicly discusses FBI’s classified assessment on pandemic origins for first time

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Auditor-general's report reveals staggering COVID burden on Queensland's health system

COVID-19 cost Queensland Health about $1.3 billion last financial year, including almost $200 million in expected write-offs for unused rapid antigen tests (RATs), a report by the state's auditor-general has found.

Daily Record

Call for Nicola Sturgeon to be probed by cops for corporate homicide over Covid deaths

Campaign group, Action for a Safe People’s NHS, blame the Scottish Government for about 10,000 deaths since the Covid pandemic struck.

The Guardian - US

FBI director endorses theory Covid-19 virus may have leaked from Chinese lab

Comments fuel divide within US intelligence community on origins, as Chinese state media warns Elon Musk on pushing Wuhan lab theory

Evening Standard

Mum with incurable disease calls for Londoners to donate plasma

A mum with an incurable disease has backed an appeal for Londoners to register as plasma donors to mark Rare Disease Day.

The Independent UK

Troops who refused COVID vaccine still may face discipline

Defense officials are telling Congress that the military services are still reviewing possible discipline of troops who refused the order to get the COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent UK

FDA panel narrowly backs Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults

Federal health advisers have narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV

ABC News

Queensland government left to 'mop up' after doctor's opioid substitution service closes, minister says

Dr Stuart Reece was single-handedly treating about 15 per cent of Queenslanders receiving opioid substitution treatment when his inner-Brisbane clinic closed.

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