The vast majority of Australian children (about 93% by age 5) are fully vaccinated. Of those who are not, we know that some of their parents are deeply opposed, some have been thwarted by ci... Read more
Australia has come a long way in improving the vaccination rates of our children but children living in many other countries are not as lucky. In fact, every year 1.5 million children die fr... Read more
In the past few years there have been some important advances in vaccine safety in Australia, with the development of new systems for monitoring adverse reactions. This month marks a landmar... Read more
When the National Shingles Vaccination Program was announced last year, providing free shingles vaccination to 70-year-olds, with a catch‑up program for people aged 71-79, it did not include... Read more
This edition of JournalWatch is, appropriately, themed around US politics. A recent study asked if vaccination rates showed any association with voting patterns across US states. Crunching t... Read more
In a post that raises issues of concern about the role and influence of corporations and industries beyond pharmaceuticals, Jason Cone, Executive Director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecin... Read more
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Population Health Research, titled “Immunisation in under studied and special risk populations... Read more
The world’s most lethal infectious disease threatens a comeback While over 11,000 people have died from Ebola virus disease during the most recent epidemic in West Africa, 1.5 million people... Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a petition as part of its global campaign —‘A fair shot’ – calling on pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK... Read more
Most non-urgent elective surgery in Adelaide’s public hospitals was cancelled last week and some patients transferred to neighbouring regional hospitals after SA Health faced its busie... Read more
