16 December 2021 - Professor Rinaldo Bellomo received the prestigious award for innovative research and leadership which has revolutionised critical care medicine on a global scale, including ongoing registries and trials focused on COVID-19 patients in ICU.

6 December 2021 - Like everything else affected by COVID, Austin Health's volunteer program has needed to adapt and has embraced a new way of connection and assistance.

2 December 2021 - Austin Health patient, Paul Kalolo, nearly died from COVID and spent six weeks in ICU. This week he's ready to go home.

24 November 2021 - November is the worst month for grass pollen triggered asthma in Melbourne. Coughing and wheezing are not symptoms of hay fever and are more likely related to undiagnosed asthma.

17 November 21 - Enough funds were raised by generous donors to purchase more than 9,000 coffees for our healthcare workers.

4 November 21 - The program, led by Austin Health, aims to keep people with COVID safe and well at home to avoid having to come to hospital

28 October 21 - Institute for Breathing and Sleep Physiotherapist, Dr Marnie Graco, has received the 2021 Rob Pierce Grant in Aid, which was established after IBAS Director, Rob Pierce, lost his life in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.

14 October 2021 - ​​​​​​​With 27 disciplines across more than a thousand employees, Allied Health at Austin Health has an important role in our community.

5 October 2021 - Filled with fresh snacks and drinks, the trolley is part of a wellness initiative to help fuel staff in a busy environment.

29 September 2021 - ​​​​​​​Our COVID Vaccine Clinic Pharmacy Service has been busy preparing up to 1,680 Pfizer vaccines a day.

22 September 2021 - Recruitment is underway for a new trial which aims to remove the protein that causes Alzheimer's, long before participants display any symptoms.

14 September 2021 - The Today Show visited Austin Health this morning to find out more about the preparations and work underway to care for COVID patients as demand on hospitals increases.

8 September 2021 - As COVID cases continue to grow across the state, Austin Health physiotherapists are bracing for more COVID patients who are suffering long after the virus has gone.

2 September 2021 - North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) Contact Tracing Team Leader, Ammar Haque, has a simple message for the public. At the hint of any symptoms - whether it's a scratchy throat or a slight runny nose - go and get tested.

30 August 2021 - More than 500,000 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered across the north-east of Melbourne since the vaccination rollout began.

24 August 2021 - Austin Health has established a pop up vaccination hub at the Melbourne Wholesale Market in Epping, ensuring essential workers in Victoria’s fresh produce supply chain are protected.

18 August 2021 - Student Bree Adamson, 25, received her first AstraZeneca vaccination on Monday and her message is to trust the experts and trust science.

12 August 2021 - The number of referrals of young people to Austin Health’s Adolescent and Child Eating Disorders inpatient program more than doubled in 2020 and Austin Health Paediatrician, Catie Fleming, believes early intervention is vital.

29 July 2021 - Clinical Lead of Austin Health's COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Dr Janine Trevillyan, says vaccination is the only way to end lockdowns, travel freely and live a normal life.

27 July 2021 - Bendigo resident Richard Betteridge recently celebrated his 12 month 'liver-versary' and is encouraging everyone to consider becoming an organ donor during Donate Life Week.

19 July 2021 - Epilepsy researchers from Austin Health and University of Melbourne have secured almost $3 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund to discover the causes of the most devastating forms of epilepsy, called the developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs).

15 July 2021 - Austin Health has donated more than 100 hospital beds to Sri Lanka to help during its COVID-19 crisis.

1 July 2021 - Two films commissioned by Austin Health have received recognition by leading international awards program, The Communicator Awards.

22 June 2021 - The Acting Premier, James Merlino, and the Minister for Medical Research, Jaala Pulford, visited Austin Health today to announce funding for a world-first, collaborative trial aiming to track superbugs using genomics sequencing.