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Mosquito season has come early. Health authorities are worried about two viruses

There is no cure for mosquito-borne viruses. This is the best way to protect yourself.

  • Kate Aubusson

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US President Donald Trump, right, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, US secretary of Health and Human Services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in September.

US medicine regulator claims COVID jabs killed at least 10 children

A critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr described the internal memo an example of science “by press release”.

  • Christina Jewett
Actor and farmer Rachel Ward.

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the environment.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Multiple shingles infections have been linked with a higher risk of dementia.

This virus can have painful symptoms. It can also increase your risk of dementia

A new study linking recurring shingles with a greater risk of dementia reinforces the value of vaccination for long-term brain health.

  • Akilah Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy Jr has espoused misinformation around vaccine safety, including a discredited theory that childhood vaccines cause autism.

Aussie giant takes $17b hit as more Americans shun vaccines

A further plunge in US vaccination rates since the appointment of vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr has sparked a fresh earnings blow to biotech giant CSL.

  • Colin Kruger
Dr Rebekah Hoffman at her practice in Sydney.

‘This is not the record we want to be breaking’: Anti-vax ideology helping flu surge, GPs say

Record flu numbers across the country have raised alarm among doctors as data shows vaccination rates for vulnerable populations are in steep decline.

  • Angus Delaney
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The measles sufferer (not pictured) visited, from left, Mooloolaba; West Village in West End and Brisbane Airport domestic arrivals.

Measles alert issued for Brisbane and Sunshine Coast

Queensland Health has provided a list of 11 locations in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast visited by the infected traveller.

  • Cameron Atfield
US President Donald Trump gives his views on autism as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr watches.

As commentator-in-chief, Trump can be charming, even funny. Today he was dangerous

Donald Trump often casts himself as a mere observer of life. That can be harmless – until he gives the full weight of the presidency to unfounded rumours about autism.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday.

Trump asserts unproven link between paracetamol and autism, urges parents to delay vaccines

In an extraordinary, rambling press conference, the US president – based on his opinion, not science – instructed pregnant women not to take Tylenol and indulged in myths.

  • Michael Koziol
Health authorities are urging more young people to get the flu vaccine.

Queensland kids to get nasal spray flu vaccine

The state’s health authorities hope the new vaccine will help reduce flu’s spread from young kids to their siblings, parents and grandparents.

  • Rosanna Ryan

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