The country’s medicines watchdog says the vast majority of vaccine side effects have been mild,as safety experts monitor the ongoing effect of COVID immunisations.
Pharmaceutical company Novavax will begin a trial of a combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine that would enable people to get just one shot every year.
Queensland Health is warning against COVID-19 complacency,as Queensland’s current virus figures mirror the national trend.
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positive to COVID-19 last week,forcing her three siblings out of school because the state’s close contact rules are outdated.