Australia

New Delhi: Italy, Sweden, Australia and Canada have joined a slew of countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox, signalling a global outbreak. Health officials in Australia have confirmed a case in Victoria and another likely case in…

Sydney: Health authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) confirmed on Friday that the Omicron sub-lineage BA.4 was detected in the state. NSW Health reported that the state's first case of BA.4 was a traveller who returned from…

Sydney: Australia's two-year drop in influenza cases have ended as flu numbers are on the rise ahead of winter here. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, when large sections of the population were in lockdown and international borders were…

New Delhi: India and Australia on Saturday signed the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) in a virtual ceremony. Accordingly, the agreement envisages to enhance trade in goods and services. The…

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Friday sought Centre's response on a plea alleging unethical marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies in their dealings with healthcare professionals resulting in the prescription of "excessive or…

New Delhi:  Legendary spinner Shane Warne's last tweet in which he had condoled the death of former Australia wicket-keeper Rodney Marsh, who passed away on Friday in Adelaide at the age of 74, has gone viral after legendary leg-spinner's…

Canberra The Australian government has tripled funding for koala conservation efforts in a bid to save the iconic species from extinction, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Environment Minister Sussan Ley said in a joint announcement on…

Thiruvananthapuram:  More than a lakh qualified nurses will be required in Australia by 2030, as per an official of Melbourne-based Institute of Health and Management (IHM). Speaking to IANS over phone from Melbourne, IHM media…

Canberra: Australia on Monday approved Novavax for people aged 18 and over, making it the fourth Covid-19 vaccine to be approved for use in the country after AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer amid the continued battle against the…

Canberra:  Australia has recorded its highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths in more than 15 months. There were 42 deaths reported across the country on Wednesday -- 21 each in the country's two biggest states, New South Wales (NSW) and…