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Researchers now think they know how many lives COVID-19 vaccines saved during the pandemic’s most intense phase.

In UK filing, AstraZeneca admits for first time its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect

Lawyers argue the vaccine produced a side effect that has had a devastating effect on a small number of families.

  • Robert Mendick

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Toilet rolls and other basic items were stripped from Australian supermarkets in March 2020.

COVID broke our pandemic rule book. What should be in our next plan?

We can’t predict when the next pandemic will come, but there are things we can learn from the last one.

  • Aisha Dow
Then treasurer Josh Frydenberg and prime minister Scott Morrison in 2021.

Six issues the new COVID inquiry must cover

An inquiry will examine Australia’s response to a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Here are the issues it must probe to prepare Australia for the next killer bug.

  • Rachel Clun, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Xi Jinping knows that China is more immediately vulnerable to climate change than the US or Europe.

The China decision that has global giants worried

Increased friction between the US and China has created a dilemma for some of the world’s biggest companies.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Health Minister Mark Butler and Professor Jane Halton.

Australia facing mRNA vaccine shortfall in global race for latest jabs

Australia risks being at the back of the global queue for variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines, with the government yet to strike a deal with Moderna for supply next year.

  • Dana Daniel
’I can’t be sure if we will be there or not.“: AstraZeneca chief Pascal Soriot is unsure of the company’s future in vaccines.

AstraZeneca may not stay in vaccines, but CEO has no COVID regrets

Fortunes quickly changed for the drugmaker that produced one of the first COVID-19 shots but has since lost out to rivals.

  • Aimee Donnellan and Natalie Grover
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Country music singer and heart transplant recipient Victoria McGee got her Evusheld injection earlier this month after “a fight”.

Transplant, cancer patients missing out on COVID prevention drug

Heart transplant recipient Victoria McGee, 38, said she finally got her Evusheld dose less than two weeks ago, “but not without a fight”.

  • Kate Aubusson
Health Minister Mark Butler said he believed the decision, made on the recommendation of national vaccine advisory group ATAGI, would reduce severe disease and relieve pressure on the hospital system.

When and where to get your fourth COVID-19 dose

After federal Health Minister Mark Butler signed off on ATAGI’s recommendations, here is how to know if you are eligible for another coronavirus vaccine.

  • Mary Ward
COVID-19 vaccine review.

Butler orders swift inquiry into COVID-19 vaccine purchasing

The review, to be led by respected former Health Department chief Jane Halton, will examine the deals struck by the former government to purchase vaccines and therapeutic treatments as well as current supplies and future needs.

  • James Massola
Ian and Penny Lees’ daughter, Katie, died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine last year. She was due to perform her solo comedy show in Sydney in August.

‘She wanted to do her bit’: Parents call for COVID inquiry after death of daughter

Katie Lees died from an extremely rare blood clotting disorder just 11 days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.

  • Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward

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