Vaccination
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.
- by Nick Ralston
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‘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.”
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Illness
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.
- by Fiona Hall
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Coronavirus pandemic
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.
- by Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix
Editorial
US election
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
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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.
- by Kate Aubusson
After Pfizer’s coronavirus boom, CEO in crosshairs over sales slump
It’s a sharp turn in fortune for Albert Bourla, who oversaw development and mass production of the novel RNA vaccine that helped get the pandemic under control and put the global economy back on track.
- by Daniel Gilbert
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Health
‘Huge system failure’: Parents reeling after vaccine storage error at Sydney GP clinic
Hundreds of children will potentially need to be revaccinated after authorities discovered a storage error at a Dulwich Hill GP clinic dating back five years.
- by Kate Aubusson and Angus Thomson
British doctor admits trying to kill his mother’s partner with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine
Thomas Kwan pretended to be a community nurse delivering booster shots and injected his victim with a toxic substance, likely a pesticide, the court heard.
‘Game-changer’: Victorian babies to get free RSV immunisation
A new jab against the life-threatening respiratory virus will target vulnerable infants up to eight months old and be rolled out by next winter.
- by Broede Carmody
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