Doctors warn of decades-long ripple effect with 80,000 children not fully vaccinated
Only 90.5% of children are now fully vaccinated at 12 months, down from 94.8% five years ago, new…
80,000 Australian kids aged five and under not up to date with vaccinations
Naomi Steenson should be celebrating her son Blake’s 29th birthday this year. But she says it feels like…
Whooping cough cases hit record high after ‘potentially catastrophic’ vaccine rate drop, experts say
A “potentially catastrophic” decline in Australia’s childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in cases of…
Years on, did mass administration of mRNA vaccines cost unnecessary lives?
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were those who argued that the rapid push to develop…
‘A ticking time bomb’: RFK Jr’s advisers vote to end routine hep B vaccines at birth
A key US vaccine advisory committee has voted to overturn the 30-year-old recommendation that all babies receive the…
Antibiotics can make some vaccines less effective. Scientists suspect gut bacteria may play a role
While vaccines and antibiotics are important medicines, in some cases, one might make the other less effective. That’s…
Measles warning in WA’s Pilbara as confirmed cases rise
Authorities are urging people in Western Australia’s Pilbara to be on alert for measles as the number of…
Rethinking immunisation through needle-free technology
Why must the delivery of care come at a painful cost? Over more than a century, the syringe…