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    Tag: Infectious diseases – Immunisation

    China’s COVID-19 cases may have hit 900 million – but its government is still fudging the numbers

    January 19, 2023

    Over the weekend, Peking University released a study that estimated 900 million Chinese had been infected with COVID-19 up until 11 January, representing 64% of…

    Govt streamlines COVID-19 vax rebates  

    January 16, 2023

    Rebates for COVID-19 vaccine assessments will no longer be tiered by dose number as the Federal Government attempts to cut down the number of MBS items.…

    Does China’s COVID-19 situation pose a risk to the rest of the world?

    January 13, 2023

    China is in the midst of a severe wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. We don’t know exactly how bad it is because of significant…

    Is polio making a comeback?

    December 17, 2022

    Need to know: Polio has been in the news in 2022 with a resurgence of the disease in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, international…

    Pneumococcal vax provides poor protection against severe disease in kids: Aus study

    December 7, 2022

    The 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine appears to provide very little protection against severe illness from prevailing serotypes in young children, Australian infectious diseases experts have warned.…

    Victoria, Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton

    Paxlovid is Australia’s first-line COVID-19 antiviral but Lagevrio also prevents severe disease in over-70s

    December 2, 2022

    Australia is experiencing the fourth wave of COVID-19 for 2022, with the number of people hospitalised with the virus trending to levels seen in winter…

    Call to prioritise flu vax in children with epilepsy

    November 25, 2022

    Children with a severe form of epilepsy are “highly susceptible” to severe neurological complications and death from influenza infection and should be prioritised for vaccination,…

    Experimental RSV vax decreases severe infection in newborns, says Pfizer

    November 16, 2022

    An experimental maternal bivalent vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus appears to have high efficacy for preventing severe infection in early infancy, the manufacturer has announced.…

    Dr Lucas de Toca

    COVID-19 booster eligibility ‘unlikely to change’ despite warnings of another wave

    November 7, 2022

    ATAGI is unlikely to change its COVID-19 vaccine booster recommendations despite predictions of a new wave of cases to hit within weeks, health officials say. …

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    Your handy guide to the latest COVID-19 subvariants and their implications

    November 7, 2022

    The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants. So we’ve had to get our heads around these mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2, the virus…

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