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COVID origins debate: what to make of new findings linking the virus to raccoon dogs

Suspicions arose given the role that animal trade and markets had played in the emergence of the closely related SARS-CoV-1 virus nearly two decades earlier.

School principals are reaching crisis point, pushed to the edge by mounting workloads, teacher shortages and abuse

Unsurprisingly, sheer workload and lack of time to focus on teaching and learning have been the two top stressors every year.

Disputes over COVID’s origins reveal an intelligence community in disarray

As pandemics become more frequent, our intelligence agencies need better risk, threat and hazard assessment methodologies to drive more robust, evidence-based collection and analysis of intelligence.

International students struggle to find affordable accommodation in Australia

The rental housing crisis means the circumstances of international students in need of housing are likely worse now than in late 2019.

India issues International travel guidelines; Mask, Social distancing, and random RT-PCR test is back

"This arrangement should come into practice with effect from 10:00 am on December 24"

Why you should avoid catching COVID again?

Studies suggest we should care about this, as each reinfection can increase the risk of poorer health outcomes into the future.

COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection, Here’s where the science is up to

“Viral blockade”, as the name suggests, is a simple premise based on blocking SARS-CoV-2.

Three tips for the whole family to reduce screen time

Kids’ screen time rose by 50% during the pandemic between 2020 and 2022.

Australia preparing for the fourth wave of COVID

The subvariants are all “different” from each other, it is being reported that this is a “soup” of Omicron variants, including BA.5, BA.2.75, XBB, and BQ.1.

Did pandemic reshape the way you buy, prepare and consume food?

The pandemic not only changed the way we purchased food, but also the motivations behind those purchases.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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