Tag: Kristine Macartney - article author
How do we actually investigate rare COVID-19 vaccine side-effects?
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Investigations are under way to determine whether the deaths of two people in New South Wales who developed blood clots are linked to the...
COVID vaccines have been developed in record time. But how will we know they’re safe?
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With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines about to begin in Australia, people may be wondering if they’re safe (and effective) in the long term. What...
Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more
Pharmacist immunisers are gradually being allowed to give
more types of vaccines. FotoDuets/Shutterstock
Vaccines have long been available from GPs and nurses. But in recent...
Why people born between 1966 and 1994 are at greater risk of measles – and what to do about it
People may unknowingly bring measles back from other
countries, including Europe. Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock
Australia was declared free of measles in 2014. Yet this summer we’ve seen nine cases...