COVID-19 vaccines: An update on the safety and effectiveness data
The latest COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness and safety data from around the world have implications for Australia’s vaccine rollout.
Tag: Immunisation
Doctors urge Aussies to ‘pay it forward’ on COVID-19 vax
Professor Robert Booy is leading a group of infectious diseases experts in trying to close the global vax gap with a $10 donation.
Pfizer vax linked to woman’s blood clots: overseas case
The 59-year-old Omani woman developed thromboembolism that was thought to be heparin-induced thrombocytopenia within days of her first dose, with n…
Methotrexate ‘hinders immune response’ to mRNA vaccine
The drug appears to interfere with both humoral and T-cell response, researchers say.
TGA reveals second blood clotting event linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
The patient in her 40s remains in hospital and is in a stable condition
Survey: Have you done the mandatory COVID-19 vax training?
Today is a semi-historic moment. It is the day when the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine was administered in Australia — at the Murray…
Revealed: The patient consent process for COVID-19 vaccines
ATAGI wants doctors to check for anticoagulation therapy or anaphylaxis history
MPs ‘happy’ to get coronavirus vax to boost confidence
Both Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt say they will step forward to be vaccinated once the jab is approved.
Australians could get coronavirus vax from March: Hunt
Sophisticated eskies will transport the leading Pfizer vaccine candidate, says the Federal Minister for Health.
Could China’s virus vax go global in an emergency?
WHO says it is in talks with the country to put add the experimental vaccine to its emergency use list.
