An urgent health warning has been issued today after an older woman died on April 1st after contracting tetanus. A woman in her 80s was the first person to pass away after a tetanus infection in thirty years in NSW. ...

Health experts have called for older Australians to get their flu and Covid-19 boosters before the start of winter amid warnings of a virus 'triple threat.' Health insurer Bupa is leading the charge, claiming this year's flu season will arrive ...

Visitors to NSW residential aged care homes will no longer be required to be vaccinated against Covid under new changes starting Monday. State health authorities announced the reversal of the public health order on Wednesday after the state recorded over ...

The government has announced that COVID-19 vaccination booster shots have been approved by the regulator, with aged care residents at the head of the queue. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccination for ...

The government has elaborated on the $11 million grant program to help with getting every aged care worker vaccinated. This week Scott Morrison announced that vaccination would now be a condition of work for staff in aged care, with mid-September ...

The federal government has faced continued scrutiny this week over vaccination rates in the aged care sector and not being able to accurately say how many workers are fully vaccinated, as the number of COVID cases in the latest outbreak ...

Despite risk of exposure to influenza and other infectious diseases, vaccine take-up rates among health professionals remains dangerously low. By Amie Larter Despite almost constant recommendations for an annual influenza vaccination, there has been little change in the levels of ...

Some girls are missing out on the vaccination that helps protect against cervical cancer because of fears related to the vaccination process, a study has found. In the study, carried out at nine Sydney metropolitan schools, researchers from the University ...

A new survey has found people are reluctant to be vaccinated against the flu. New findings released last month by the Influenza Specialist Group have led experts to call upon nurses to challenge what they believe is risky behaviour of ...

Experts say the swine flu is now on Australia's doorstep. It has arrived much later this winter, but experts say the swine flu is now on Australia’s doorstep. Transmission of the a(H1N1) virus has been elevated in New Zealand for ...