Opposition to vaccines still prevents many children from getting needed preventative care. Understanding who is opposed, and why, can help, but the answers may surprise you.
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A recent study suggests that shunning parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their kids isn’t the best strategy. A better strategy might be old-fashioned, but it works.
Vaccines against multiple diseases in one jab strengthen kids’ immune systems, not weaken them. Here’s why we shouldn’t fear these combination vaccines.
Rwanda’s vaccination programme for girls against HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease was a huge success, thanks to implementation science.
In an era when opinion often trumps evidence in public health issues, it’s time to support and invest in evidence-based medicine to protect the public from dangerous, poorly informed beliefs.
As the WHO calls for urgency to address antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea, new research shows that a vaccine developed against an unrelated disease offers protection.
Vaccinating against an infectious disease can stop once the threat of future transmission is deemed sufficiently low.
A new law makes it mandatory for children in Italy to have 12 vaccines.
Does science have an answer to science denial? Just as being vaccinated protects you from a later full-blown infection, a bit of misinformation explained could help ward off other cases down the road.
To tackle diseases like meningitis, African governments must find fresh ways to fight for lower cost vaccines.
Most immunisation campaigns continue to primarily focus on infants and children, but almost 4 million Australian adults are not vaccinated against preventable diseases.
A push for all unvaccinated kids to be excluded from day care is coercive, punishes families and has no evidence to back it. Here’s what we can do instead to boost vaccination rates.
Whilst most parents do vaccinate, health professionals often find it difficult to talk with those who are hesitant or decline. A new resource provides information and communication support.
Speaking on the ABC program Insiders, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson suggested there are tests available to see if children will have an adverse reaction to vaccinations. We asked three experts.
Malcolm Turnbull has slammed Pauline Hanson’s views on vaccination.
Running an effective mass immunisation campaign, vaccinating children in Nigeria against measles is a logistical nightmare.
Flu virus mutates so quickly that one year’s vaccine won’t work on the next year’s common strains. But a new way to create vaccines, called ‘rational design,’ might pave the way for more lasting solutions.
Simple steps can lower your risk of bringing home traveller’s diarrhoea, respiratory infections and mosquito-borne diseases from your holiday.
From November 1, the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine will be available for free to people aged 70 to 79 years. So how and why do you get shingles, and who should be vaccinated?
We can’t keep blaming the MMR-autism scare – there are other forces at play.
Top contributors
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
