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Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?

Image: Unsplash Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August. In Australia, a Moderna Omicron booster has been provisionally approved...

Flu, COVID and flurona: what we can and can’t expect this winter

Image: Shutterstock When it comes to respiratory viruses, COVID has been our greatest concern over the past two winters. So you might feel some aspects...

Do I or my child need a Japanese encephalitis vaccine?

Image: Shutterstock This week we heard two Australians have died from the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus. The virus has now been detected in four states. Authorities are concerned...

Why has my child’s vaccination been cancelled? We’re reliant on overseas supply and a complex logistics network

Image: Shutterstock 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

Image: Jeremy Piper/AAP A vaccine manufacturing facility will be built in Victoria to produce mRNA vaccines for future possible pandemics under an in-principle agreement between...

Nose sprays, needle-free patches, durable immunity: towards the next generation of COVID vaccines

  Image: John Cairns, University of Oxford via AP The past 20 months has seen an explosion of vaccine development, with COVID vaccine testing and...

Follow a natural health philosophy? Vaccination may have more in common with it than you think

  Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP The natural or “alternative” health community is often held up as being vaccine hesitant. Yet, the relationship between the natural health community...

‘Are you double dosed?’ How to ask friends and family if they’re vaccinated, and how to handle it if they say no

  Picture: Shutterstock The weekend is approaching, your fridge is stocked with cheese and you’re eager to organise a COVID-compliant picnic with other fully vaccinated...

How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us

  Image: Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what...

Eradicating smallpox: the global vaccination push that brought the world ‘arm-to-arm’

      Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured...
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