Two new COVID vaccines will become available in Australia soon with proven success at fighting off new strains of the virus. The Pfizer and Moderna XBB1.5 vaccines were approved by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), with the ...

In Australia, influenza-associated mortality and hospitalisation rates are highest among older adults aged over 65 years. It is estimated that each year, flu causes more than 3000 deaths and more than 13,500 hospitalisations among Australians aged over 50 years. Influenza ...

Nearly five million older and immunocompromised Australians will be given free access to a shingles vaccine starting from 1 November. Shingles, which is also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same virus as chickenpox and presents itself as ...

Free vaccinations will roll out for Queenslanders amid a spike in cases across the state, with calls for aged care staff, residents, and visitors to get vaccinated. Starting this weekend, Queenslanders will be eligible for free influenza vaccination at GPs ...

Healthcare experts have flagged the aged care sector at severe risk this winter as flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases spike over February and March. Cases of influenza and RSV have grown across northern hemisphere nations since the start ...

A new report has revealed an excess of 12 per cent of the Australian population died due to Covid-19 in 2022, of which the majority were 65 and over. Research done by the Actuaries Institute, published last week, compared 2021-22 ...

A new study has shown no increased risk of autism after a vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella. The 10-year cohort study of 657,461 children “strongly supports that MMR vaccination does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger ...

The limited effectiveness of the current pertussis vaccine might explain the resurgence in whooping cough in babies, new research has found. A study of 40,000 children in Queensland has shown children vaccinated against whooping cough with the current vaccine were ...

It is critical that the current whooping cough epidemic should not undermine public trust in vaccination programs, write Jodie McVernon and Julie Leask. Even though we have had a whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine since the 1950s, the disease is proving ...

The number of girls developing medical problems which can lead to cervical cancer has begun to drop, following the introduction of a revolutionary vaccine. A study of schoolgirls and young women given the cervical cancer vaccine in Victoria as part ...