People at the highest risk of severe COVID will still be eligible for free vaccines. Others may have to pay.
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There are five priorities African countries must pursue to achieve vaccination success.
Free MenB jabs are now available at pharmacies for students starting university this autumn. An expert answers key questions.
It’s soon going to be easier than ever to get your young children vaccinated.
The effects of COVID vaccine mandates live on today. And a distrust of government is one of its biggest casualties.
Different social realities lead to different forms of vaccine hesitancy.
Malaria is still endemic in Africa.
There has already been a lot of flu this year but the flu season is unlikely to peak until late winter.
Before COVID, Australia reached its target of 95% of one-year-olds fully immunised. Now, lower coverage means more babies are at risk of whooping cough and measles.
The UK has added chickenpox vaccination and a new 18-month appointment. Changes like these are signs the system is working, not breaking.
The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for your family.
When you think about travel vaccines, you might think about ones for typhoid or cholera. But there are others you need to think about too.
Chickenpox parties are a thing of the past but the virus is still circulating. Most illness is mild but some people can become seriously ill.
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
Amid declining vaccination rates in Australia, a new strategy seeks to reduce vaccine hesitancy and improve access to immunisations.
Measles is on the rise globally. We need to step up vaccination rates.
Australia’s child vaccination rates used to be among the best in the world. But after peaking in 2020, they’re falling.
A series of vaccines offered during high school protect teenagers against certain diseases, and help reduce the spread of these diseases in the community.
From next month, Australians won’t be able to access compensation for any vaccine injury – from COVID or any others.
Armed conflicts affect the entire spectrum of healthcare, from prevention to treatment.
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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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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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Public Health, 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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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Paediatrician and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Senior researcher, University of Antwerp
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute