Society

Long Covid: many will need specialist therapies, says expert

Intensive care consultant says doctors are hoping to create a uniform structure for follow-up clinics

Sarah Marsh

11, Apr, 2021 @9:48 AM

Why a year of lockdown has made searching for the missing so hard

Almost all the people who disappear are found. But in the past year, many safety nets for the most vulnerable have been lost

Mark Townsend

11, Apr, 2021 @8:45 AM

Morrison admits all Australians may not be vaccinated by end of year due to ‘many uncertainties’

PM says there is no new timetable to replace October target as Greg Hunt says doctors face no legal risk from AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent

11, Apr, 2021 @8:38 AM

UK’s Covid vaccine programme on track despite AstraZeneca problems

Seventy-five per cent of population can be fully immunised by first week in August, according to forecasts

Dan Sabbagh

11, Apr, 2021 @8:07 AM

Is vaccinating against Covid enough? What we can learn from Chile and Israel

Contrasting lessons from the two countries, both with high rates of inoculation against the virus, show the danger is not past

Robin McKie Observer science editor

11, Apr, 2021 @7:29 AM

Making sense of conspiracy theorists as the world gets more bizarre

It is 20 years since Jon Ronson wrote Them, his eye-popping investigation into conspiracy theorists. Now, in a world awash with tales of paedophile elites and puppet masters, is he any closer to understanding it all?

Jon Ronson

11, Apr, 2021 @7:00 AM

Australia’s Covid vaccination relying on opaque private contracts worth millions

Lack of transparency over deals with private consultants, logistics companies and healthcare contractors adding to ‘layers of confusion’ over rollout

Ben Butler and Christopher Knaus

10, Apr, 2021 @8:00 PM

France and Germany’s Covid vaccination programmes pick up speed

As daily inoculations hit record figures, warning comes of new delays

Kim Willsher in Paris

10, Apr, 2021 @5:08 PM

A&E ‘swamped’ with patients seeking help for mild Covid jab side-effects

Emergency departments report surge in cases of headaches linked to AstraZeneca jab amid concerns of blood clots

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

09, Apr, 2021 @10:17 PM

From reassurance to shambles: how Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout unravelled

Even before advice to limit AstraZeneca distribution over clotting, the government was under pressure to explain why the rollout was so far behind

Elias Visontay

09, Apr, 2021 @8:00 PM

Clarity and openness are key to vaccine confidence | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the latest recommendations about the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Letters

09, Apr, 2021 @2:53 PM

Wallball isn’t really a whole new ballgame | Letters

Letters: Readers share memories of games played with a wall and a ball