We can’t entirely blame COVID vaccine mandates for lower vaccination rates today. It’s not that simple

Childhood vaccination rates have slumped globally. In several countries, people are more hesitant about getting vaccinated.

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not recommended to Australians under-60

The AstraZeneca jab is no longer recommended for people aged under 60 after new expert immunisation panel advice.

Covid-19 death rates now match flu as summer peak vanishes

The dreaded summer peak of Covid deaths may be a thing of the past as mortality rates fall to sit at similar rates to ...
RAPS

Asia-Pacific Roundup: TGA provisional determination for Moderna’s bivalent COVID vaccine

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional determination to a bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that is designed to protect against the original, wild-type strain of ...

University of Queensland COVID vaccine terminated over 'false-positive' HIV results during trial

The federal government has canned a deal to buy tens of millions of doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Hundreds of Victorian ambulance paramedics decline COVID-19 vaccine

Hundreds of Victorian ambulance paramedics have declined to be vaccinated for COVID-19, reinforcing calls for mandatory vaccination of all frontline healthcare workers in the state. About 84 per cent ...
RAPS

Asia-Pacific Roundup: TGA makes Moderna’s Spikevax the first fully registered COVID vaccine

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has upgraded Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to full registration, making Spikevax the first COVID-19 vaccine to transition from provisional to full ...
Digital Journal

Australia approves Pfizer vaccine for rollout in February

Australia’s medical regulator has formally approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, with the first doses expected to be administered in late February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday. The ...