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: UQ's COVID vaccine technology finally moves to human trial phase after 2020 false start
A human trial has been launched into the University of Queensland's second-generation COVID vaccine, more than two years after the original technology was abandoned amid patients falsely testing positive to HIV.
: All the latest COVID-19 case numbers from around Australia — plus the news you may have missed
Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.
: COVID-19 cases jump by nearly 40 per cent in South Australia
South Australia has recorded a 37 per cent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases reported in the past week.
: Three years ago, coronavirus changed everything. This is what life looked like in the west
As COVID-19 sent shock waves around the world, a state of emergency was declared in Western Australia in March 2020. In the months that followed, our lives were drastically changed in ways previously unimaginable.
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analysis: Three years into the pandemic, it's clear COVID won't fix itself. Here's what we need to focus on next
As much as we don't want it to be, COVID is still very much with us. But what have we learned that could help us accelerate a real and sustained exit, write Michael Toole and Brendan Crabb.
: New COVID wave 'likely' underway in NSW, latest report shows
There have been four waves of COVID in NSW since Omicron became the dominant variant at the beginning of 2022, each one smaller than the last.
: Queensland Health paid $18m in special leave to workers who did not comply with COVID vaccine mandates
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.
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: Thanks a million: Adelaide Fringe sets national seven-figure ticket sales record
The Adelaide Fringe becomes the first Australian festival to sell 1 million tickets, according to organisers, attracting record crowds over the past four weeks.
: Deni Varnhagen returns to active AFLW football after vaccination challenge
After more than a year on the sidelines, AFLW player and nurse Deni Varnhagen will return to active elite football, months after she failed in a bid to challenge the South Australian vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
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: Raccoon dogs and COVID-19 virus in 'close proximity' after Huanan market samples examined
Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon-dog DNA commingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say.
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analysis: Are flu cases already 100 times higher than last year? Here's what we really know about the 2023 flu season
By Robert Booy and Ian Barr
We may have an autumn surge in flu cases, so best start planning for your flu shot soon, write Robert Booy and Ian Barr.
: When Zen caught COVID, his dad told his school. The school isn't required to pass that information on
By Janelle Miles and Emma Pollard
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.
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