University of Queensland scientists have developed a major vaccine breakthrough from the ashes of their initial COVID vaccine candidate.
The HPV vaccine co-creator is stepping back but his name will continue to be associated with groundbreaking research.
Australian researchers have just completed phase 3 clinical trials of a long-lasting monoclonal antibody treatment called Nirsevimab,which works much like a vaccine.
The number of children who have not received any vaccinations at all rose by 37 per cent between 2019 and 2021,mostly in low and middle-income countries.
Two recent diphtheria cases in northern NSW have sounded a warning bell about rates of vaccination against diseases we thought had been consigned to history.
The majority of Australians may not be advised to get a fourth COVID booster shot until a better,Omicron-specific vaccine is available.
The calls come as the nation heads into winter and influenza cases put hospital emergency departments under pressure.
My nine-year-old daughter tested positive to COVID-19 last week,forcing her three siblings out of school because the state’s close contact rules are outdated.
Hospitalisations are still growing but at a slower rate,and both bed and intensive care numbers are tracking just below best-case scenarios. But there are lessons we must learn from this outbreak to help us in the next wave.
My family has done everything possible to protect my two vulnerable grandchildren over the past 22 months. But on Christmas Eve,COVID-19 finally caught up with them.
The daily case counts are confronting but closing schools in light of them is unjustified. We don’t do it for other common viruses and we should no longer do it for COVID-19.