As Australia’s childhood vaccination rates continue to fall,Papua New Guinea’s outbreak shows what can happen when herd immunity is lost.
Vaccine-derived poliovirus is rare but can occur in parts of the world where the oral polio vaccine is still used. This is the first time this strain has been detected in Australia.
The federal government program that already offers free jabs during pregnancy will be expanded to include over-75s,amid concerns about grandparents catching the virus from children.
Two-thirds of children are terrified of needles. Now,they don’t need one to be protected from the flu.
Vaccination rates have fallen for a fifth year in a row,leaving children unprotected against resurgent diseases,including measles and whooping cough.
The highly contagious virus has been detected in three people whose infections could not be traced to known exposure sites and who had not recently travelled overseas.
NSW is on track to record its highest number of measles cases in a decade if transmission of the highly contagious disease is not contained.
Dr Marianne Gale knows a thing or two about preventable diseases. And now she’s on a mission to combat an illness that floored 95,000 Queenslanders last year alone.
CSL’s share price has now halved in 18 months,shredding more than $70 billion of shareholder wealth after the latest writedowns and operational struggles.
Pulled funding,new fees and a council revolt:internal documents reveal how Victoria’s childhood vaccination database was at risk of collapse.