Former RACGP presidential candidate loses legal bid to ban mRNA vaccines
A former RACGP presidential candidate must pay legal costs to Pfizer and Moderna after losing a court case arguing that their COVID-19 vaccines were unlicensed…
Tag: Immunisation
$19 million paid out under COVID-19 vax compo scheme
The Federal Government has compensated 256 patients for severe COVID-19 vaccine side effects under its vaccine claims scheme, which will close to new applicants on…
First cell-based flu vaccine listed on NIP ahead of 2024 season
A cell-based quadrivalent flu vaccine will be available on the National Immunisation Program for the first time this year for patients at higher risk of…
Pertussis spike in kids due to unpaid ‘immunity debt’
A paediatric ‘immunity debt’ has been blamed for a recent spike in pertussis, with more than 300 cases reported in Australia across all age groups…
Australia needs an ‘urgent reset’ to boost flagging adult vaccination rates
Australia needs a national plan to increase adult vaccination uptake, in light of “plummeting” rates against COVID-19, shingles and influenza, a leading think tank says. Using Australian…
Infectious diseases doctor warns coming pertussis outbreak a ‘sleeping bear’
A leading infectious diseases paediatrician says an outbreak of pertussis is on the horizon and could infect tens of thousands of Australians going into the…
GPs ‘fed up’ as Shingrix demand outstrips supply
GPs say they have not received enough stock of recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shingrix to meet patient demand after it was listed on the National…
Immunological ‘blunting’ by maternal antibodies has no effect on infant pertussis risk: Aussie study
Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of infection in infants by 65%, with no evidence that the ‘blunting’ effects of maternal antibodies compromise infant…
Shingrix to replace Zostavax with lower age cut-off in NIP shake-up
The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine, Shingrix, will soon replace the live-attenuated vaccine, Zostavax, on the National Immunisation Program following advice from the PBAC and ATAGI,…
A GP guide to the Japanese encephalitis vaccination update
Need to know: Japanese encephalitis has been in the news since early 2021 when cases of the disease, previously only seen in returned travellers or…
