Tag: Pfizer
Australia approves two new medicines in the fight against COVID. How can you get them and are they effective against Omicron?
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Last Thursday, health minister Greg Hunt announced Australia’s drug regulator had provisionally approved two new medicines for the treatment of COVID.
These are Lagevrio, made by...
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...
Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
What not to do: ban travel. Scenes at South Africa’s OR Tambo International airport after the first flight bans were announced. Phill Magakoe...
Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?
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Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be used as a booster for anyone...
If you’re over 60, there’s no sense in ‘waiting for Pfizer’. Here’s why you should get AstraZeneca today
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At least 60 people have now died in the current New South Wales COVID outbreak.
We’ve been keeping track of how old these people were,...
Australia shouldn’t ‘open up’ before we vaccinate at least 80% of the population. Here’s why
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Earlier this month National Cabinet released a four-phase COVID response plan. It wasn’t so much a plan – it had no dates and...