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Why has my child’s vaccination been cancelled? We’re reliant on overseas supply and a complex logistics network
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Reports of GPs cancelling or postponing COVID vaccine appointments for 5-11 year olds are piling up, with desperate parents expressing anger and fear about how...
New facility to be built in Victoria to produce mRNA vaccines
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A vaccine manufacturing facility will be built in Victoria to produce mRNA vaccines for future possible pandemics under an in-principle agreement between...
What is the Moderna COVID vaccine? Does it work, and is it safe?
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Overnight, Boston-based pharmaceutical company Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
The deal includes...
Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has yesterday provisionally approved Australia’s first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late...
The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy
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On Sunday, federal Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said most Australians will be offered a vaccine from Oxford-AstraZeneca.
Australia currently has agreements in place...
What do we know about the Novavax and Pfizer COVID vaccines that Australia just signed up for?
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The federal government’s announcement of agreements to supply vaccines from Novavax and Pfizer/BioNTech potentially increases the pool of COVID-19 vaccines Australians will be able to access.
These two...