Eroding trust in healthcare a ‘good’ thing, new MAHA medical chief says
The divisive cardiologist who has the ear of Robert F. Kennedy argues the loss of trust in health systems in Australia, Britain and the US is good for patients.
Vaccines
One pioneered vaccinations, the other attacks them. Still, they share so much
Two medical men — one lauded by their peers, the other a hugely diminished figure addressing fringe anti-vaxxer rallies around the world — played crucial roles in the history of vaccination, albeit in very different ways.
It used to be contained and sporadic, but this pandemic is happening at a scale never seen before
In February 2024, dairy farmers in Texas began noticing their cows were producing less milk and that the milk was discoloured, yellow and thicker than it should be. First reported by news outlets as a ‘mystery illness’, what was happening to these cows was unheard of – and worrying.
If vaccines don’t cause autism, what does?
The risk of autism develops even before we are born. But the origins of the disorder are still not well understood.
Covid’s dangerous hangover: alarming slide in child vaccination
Childhood vaccination rates have been falling across the country since the Covid pandemic, with some pockets seeing steep declines.
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See where Australian children are under-vaccinated
Alarm is being raised as routine vaccination rates fall in the pandemic’s wake, posing a threat to us all | Rates of undervaccinated babies vary across the nation.
RFK Jr and the measles outbreak
Now he’s health secretary, not a gadfly, as unvaxxed children are hospitalised.
Expectant mums offered free RSV jab to protect babies
The immunity protection program for pregnant women will start from February 3 and is aimed at protecting newborns from the life-threatening virus until they are six months old.
Huge leap in cancer vaccine research
Australian researchers have unlocked a crucial key to future cancer vaccines in a world-first discovery set to fast-track RNA-based therapeutics.
CSL’s ‘super flu jab’ gets a shot in the arm
Australia’s biggest health company has revealed its flu shot is 15pc more effective than conventional ones. But don’t expect the government to pay for it.
Super flu vaccine gets the go-ahead
A new type of cell-based influenza vaccine is available this winter that promises to be much more effective than protein-based flu jabs grown in eggs.
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