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The terrifying experience that made me a fierce supporter of vaccines

I don’t want any children, or any new parents, to go through what we did.

  • Jane Caro

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Index composite for story on human metapneumovirus

This virus is surging in China. In NSW, it’s already passed

Cases of human metapneumovirus have declined in NSW, while health authorities continue to monitor elevated COVID infections over the festive period.

  • Angus Thomson
The newly opened Moderna Technology Centre at Monash University in Clayton, Melbourne.

‘We don’t have a Team Australia approach’: Vaccine facility rejects plea for help

A request by NSW to access a taxpayer-funded Moderna mRNA facility was knocked back, raising more questions about how much value Australia is getting from the facility.

  • Liam Mannix and Paul Sakkal
Pete Evans and Robert F. Kennedy Jnr in Los Angeles in 2020.

Former celebrity chef Pete Evans to publish cookbook with RFK Jr

The book will be published by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defence, an organisation known as one of the country’s largest anti-vaccine groups.

  • Nick Ralston
US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy Jr

‘Dangerous’: Caroline Kennedy blasts cousin RFK Jr’s vaccine views

The departing US ambassador said: “I grew up with him, so I’ve known all this for a long time; others are just getting to know him.”

  • Matthew Knott
James Hall, 19, was rushed to hospital after contracting meningococcal B.

It started as a headache. By evening, James was unresponsive to his name

After losing core years of his young life to COVID-19 lockdowns, my teenage son’s life was almost claimed by an entirely avoidable illness.

  • Fiona Hall
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have defended the vaccine rollout.

How the Morrison government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant

Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing in Australia.

  • Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix
The highly anticipated Shingrix vaccine is difficult to find after GP’s orders were restricted.

The US may ‘go wild’, but Australia must protect vaccination sentiment

As the US faces the possibility of health policy driven by an anti-vaxxer, Australia must tackle rising vaccine scepticism following the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The Herald's View
Jacky and Penny Lim with daughter Arielle and baby Avery.

Free RSV vaccines for mothers and babies as cases spike by 37,000

The respiratory virus is the leading cause of hospitalisation for infants, with 12,000 babies admitted each year. Before next winter, protection for mums and bubs will be free.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Cylas Livanes and his mum Tianni Becker.

Cylas stops breathing every night. This year, more than 26,000 children caught the same disease

Australia is experiencing its worst whooping cough epidemic on record driven by a rise in cases among children as vaccination rates dip.

  • Kate Aubusson

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