There are some stories you just can’t make up, where truth is stranger than fiction. In the age of COVID-19 there have been more of these stories than usual. But this story might just top them all.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause uncertainty for many people’s lives, with disruptions to school, work and continued anxiety over further lockdowns.

According to new research, Melbourne mothers were more likely to have a preterm stillbirth during lockdowns than they were in the previous two years.

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the impacts of surrogacy on both the women carrying the babies and the babies born to them as a result. In Australia, the numbers of surrogate births each year are estimated to be around 120, with more than 200 surrogate births to Australians abroad.

Demand for domestic violence services has increased during the latest Covid-19 lockdown in New South Wales, with providers saying they have received fifty percent more calls from women with children seeking support, as well as more men calling for help, seeking support to stop themselves from harming their own family.

The serious complications that can arise from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (including life-threatening clotting) has resulted in the government advising people under the age of fifty years not to take it and to instead take a different strain.

By Rachael Wong

With more than 400,000 coronavirus cases and 18,816 deaths, Peru is the third-hardest hit country in Latin America behind Brazil and Mexico. And the pandemic has had particularly alarming consequences for the country’s women.

By Rachael Wong

The Australian Federal Police are warning parents of a potential increase in online child abuse as parts of the country are forced back into coronavirus lockdown.

By Rachael Wong 

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