People at the highest risk of severe COVID will still be eligible for free vaccines. Others may have to pay.
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It depends how old you are and if you have an underlying health condition.
The effects of COVID vaccine mandates live on today. And a distrust of government is one of its biggest casualties.
As we prepare for the festive season, it’s easy to let COVID boosters fall off our to-do lists. But COVID is still circulating and new shots are available.
The WHO has classified XFG or ‘Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very soon.
It’s safe to get a COVID vaccine and a flu shot at the same time. Here’s what else you need to know.
Yet another new COVID booster has recently been approved by the TGA. Here’s what to know about the JN.1 shot.
While the inquiry gets most things right, as vaccine experts, we argue the government response should be broadened in three areas.
From next month, Australians won’t be able to access compensation for any vaccine injury – from COVID or any others.
The TGA is considering an updated COVID vaccine, which would be better matched to current variants.
Emerging evidence suggests LB.1 could be more transmissible than earlier Omicron subvariants, but there’s nothing to suggest it will cause more severe disease.
Here’s what the court found – and what this means for future legal challenges to vaccine mandates across Australia.
As the virus continues to mutate, COVID vaccines are updated. This brings us to the latest announcement about the new ‘monovalent’ vaccines.
Australia seems to be focusing on boosters for people aged 75 and over, with its latest recommendations. But that may change.
As the virus that causes COVID evolves, keeping up with it remains a challenge for variant-specific vaccines. The booster you can get now is the best one to get.
New boosters protect against the original COVID strain as well as Omicron. In future, we might see variant-proof vaccines or those delivered in the nose or mouth.
It’s natural to have questions about the risks and benefits of COVID vaccines in young children. Here’s what you need to know ahead of Australia’s rollout.
A new study has found First Nations people in rural NSW experienced more anxiety and fear about COVID than non-Indigenous people. How did government messaging contribute to this?
The government’s new $11 million winter COVID and flu vaccine ad campaign gets some things right, but it doesn’t connect on an emotional level or address concerns about common side effects.
Poor areas are more likely to have low COVID vaccination rates, even though residents in these areas have greater exposure to the virus.
Top contributors
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Laboratory Head, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University