A push for all unvaccinated kids to be excluded from day care is coercive, punishes families and has no evidence to back it. Here’s what we can do instead to boost vaccination rates.
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There’s an effective vaccine – but it’s not always the best option.
Labor wants the government to guarantee it won’t fully privatise the new Australian Schools Vaccination Register.
Big pharma is finally starting to pay attention to the developing world. Here’s why.
The plan to withhold payments of child-care and family tax benefits for unvaccinated children could cost non-compliant parents up to A$15,000 a year. But is it ethical to punish parents?
One-fifth of UK primary school children who presented to primary care clinics in 2010-12 with persistent cough had pertussis…
A new oral antiviral drug may be a future tool in the global fight against measles, according to a new international study. The research, published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine…
The National Health Performance Authority’s report on childhood vaccination coverage released this morning shows immunisation rates have slightly increased in 2011-2012. But there are still some areas…
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Scientist, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Honorary researcher, Division of Social & Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, UCT, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Honorary Professor Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Univeristy of Sydney; Senior Researcher Sydney Institue for Infectious Disease, University of Sydney., University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, University of Oxford
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Professor in Vaccinology, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine
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Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut