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: Infectious diseases – Immunisation
Switch it up: Why using different arms for vaccine doses could be a good idea
It might be worth asking patients to switch it up for their COVID-19 vaccines, with a study showing alternating arms between doses may produce a…
$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…
TGA approves RSV vax for Australians over 60
The TGA has approved the first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, Arexvy, with sponsor GSK Australia hinting it would “soon” be available on a private script…
As the world warms, dengue thrives
Need to know: For a range of reasons, dengue fever is the world’s fastest growing mosquito-borne disease. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering 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,…
‘No-one cared for years’: mRNA scientists win $1.6 million Nobel prize for medicine
The Hungarian biochemist and US immunologist whose scientific breakthroughs enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 have been rewarded as joint winners of the…
Nurse sanctioned for secretly diluting COVID-19 vaccines with saline
A nurse diluted COVID-19 vaccines with saline after tricking a pharmacist into leaving the room during a vaccination appointment, a tribunal has found. The nurse…
