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The Moderna vaccine is now available for 6 to 11 year olds. Here’s what parents need to know

Image: Shutterstock Australian children aged six to 11 years old will be able to get the Moderna COVID vaccine at pharmacies, GP clinics and vaccination...

Under-12s are increasingly catching COVID-19. How sick are they getting and when will we be able to vaccinate them?

  Picture: Shutterstock In July Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 12-15. The Australian Technical Advisory group on...

How do we actually investigate rare COVID-19 vaccine side-effects?

  Picture: Shuttlestock 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?

 Image: Shuttlestock 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...