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Perth mother Yvonne Ardley in hospital with her son.

I took my son to the GP with what I thought was a cold. Now he is hospitalised every winter

As I sat in a Perth doctor’s surgery with my young son in 2022, I had no idea how serious his condition was. And it turns out, we’re not alone.

  • Yvonne Ardley

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Kristy Gatt with son Blake, who was hospitalised with RSV after missing the window for free immunisation.

Kristy thought this virus was mild. Then her baby ended up in hospital

Many babies are heading into winter without full protection against the leading cause of severe respiratory illness in infants.

  • Angus Thomson
In one ear .…

This disease has infected America. Australia must remain immune

Distrust in public institutions like the Centres for Disease Control has taken hold in America. We can’t allow our public health system to be undermined in the same way.

  • Peter Breadon
Measles is often characterised by a rash that spreads across the body.

‘A catastrophe of a disease’: Doctors sound alarm on spread of measles

Victoria is in the grip of its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as health experts brace for a rise in local transmission after the school holidays.

  • Henrietta Cook
Lien Tran was diagnosed with hepatitis when she was 18 and is a co-founder of the charity Hepatitis B Voices Australia.

The silent infection fuelling a rise in liver cancer deaths

The federal Health Department is proposing universal testing to ensure everyone knows their hepatitis B status, amid concerns too many people are unaware they have the disease.

  • Henrietta Cook
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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Generic photo of a child getting a vaccination.

Councils say new state charges put kids’ vaccine program at risk

Councils say they were promised free use of the state’s immunisation record platform – until the Department of Health sent the bill.

  • Rachel Eddie
A colourised transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles, which are red.

‘Sex bubbles’: Why Victorians should keep a list of their sex partners

The state is in the grip of its largest mpox outbreak, with 76 cases detected over the past three months, compared with just eight cases last year.

  • Henrietta Cook
Jeannette Young has helped boost Queensland's childhood immunisation rates.

Queensland Health says state at risk of measles, mumps and whooping cough outbreaks

“Alarming” low vaccination rates in Queensland show the state is at risk of outbreaks of children’s diseases including tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough.

  • Tony Moore
A Victorian couple is challenging state and federal government vaccine mandates in the Federal Court.

What’s the next pandemic? Scientists are already working on a vaccine

As we emerge from the darkest days of COVID-19, scientists are now turning their attention to what they have coined “Disease X” – an unknown, highly infectious virus that could cause the next pandemic.

  • Henrietta Cook

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/immunisation-jqu