How can we protect ourselves with a surge in cases since the beginning of the year? Laurence Don Wai Luu looks at how to protect your family Australia is facing a whooping cough outbreak. Some 2,799 cases were recorded in the first three months of 2024....
A COVID inquiry has been announced. Michael Toole, Heidi Drummer and Suman Majumdar ask, but is COVID still a thing? Do I need a booster? Today’s announcement of an independent inquiry into Australia’s COVID response will examine how we’ve handled the pandemic and how we could...
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) urges parents during the recent World Immunisation Week to ensure their children's vaccines are up to date. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, it's vital not to overlook your child's routine vaccinations. The global immunisation setback witnessed during the pandemic is very concerning,...
A National study by medical researchers from UNSW Sydney and multiple leading research institutions has found the current vaccine, targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria, is not providing optimal protection to Australian children with the current routine 'childhood immunisation program'. Using three years of...
children have reduced immunity to infection, which means once they start childcare they are likely to have more illnesses as they become exposed to a large number of other children....
