The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of federal health officials’ harshest criticism yet of their anti-COVID vaccine views, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis persisted Thursday in claiming the “mRNA jabs” are worthless at best and even dangerous, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.

Three years after the pandemic was formally declared, the world is now firmly in the recovery stage. But the huge potential contribution of women's leadership is still being undervalued, under-resourced, or overlooked altogether.

U.S. health advisersare backing the continued use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, saying it remains an important option for adults at high risk of severe illness

A US study has found links between Long Covid and prosopagnosia, with one participant suffering from 'highly selective problems'.

Govinda Lange said he received notifications from his son's school about chicken pox and head lice, but schools aren't required to tell parents when a student tests positive for COVID-19.

A recent report by MPs says the UK is 'out of step with other countries' in not recognising Long Covid as an industrial illness

New report concludes that poor housing, insecure employment and late lockdown contributed to high number of deaths in community

The briefing follows the news that DOE now concludes with “low confidence” that the virus more likely originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.

Covid and other illnesses main reasons for attendance drop compared with pre-pandemic, according to DfE figures

Experts tell Salon there aren't enough research funds to help figure out how to help long COVID patients