Mark Butler bullish that Shingrix supplies will cover expanded NIP listing
Another 215,000 patients are now eligible for free shingles vaccination as the government assures GPs it has bought enough of the recombinant vaccine Shingrix to…
Tag: Infectious diseases – Immunisation
Doctor warns that half of mpox cases may be breakthrough infections, as case numbers surge
Half of patients with mpox during the latest outbreak have received one or two vaccine doses, according to a sexual health physician who is also…
Call for more Paxlovid prescribing to prevent COVID-19 deaths in aged care
A leading infectious diseases specialist has urged GPs to prescribe nirmatrelvir–ritonavir more readily for patients in aged care facilities, who are still dying of COVID-19…
20% of eligible patients receive shingles vaccine within six months of NIP change
Monthly shingles vaccinations have soared from 30,000 to 200,000 since the National Immunisation Program replaced the live-attenuated Zostavax with recombinant vaccine Shingrix, data show. Until…
Fatal tetanus infection a timely reminder for vaccination: Aussie case
Australian doctors have reported the first death from tetanus in NSW in over three decades, while stressing the importance of older patients staying up to…
Consider Shingrix for varicella-vaccinated patients: ATAGI proposal
Adults who have received an indicated varicella vaccine should be eligible for the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shringrix, according to ATAGI. The Australian Immunisation Handbook…
Why Australia is at risk of an RSV epidemic
Leading infectious disease expert warns of unprecedented spikes and calls for greater uptake of RSV vaccination in older adults
Tenfold differences in vax rates between neighbouring GP practices: Grattan Institute
Massive differences in vaccination rates at GP practices just a few kilometres apart has prompted calls for a funding overhaul. A Grattan Institute report has…
Would you spend 25 years trying to make a TB vaccine? Professor Warwick Britton has
Emeritus Professor Warwick Britton has spent a quarter of a century trying to make an inhaled TB vaccine work. So you may be unsurprised to…
Maternal RSV vax gets green light for NIP listing
Pregnant women could soon have subsidised access to the bivalent respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Abrysvo, just two months after it was approved by the TGA.…
