For more than a month, Samoa has been battling a measles outbreak of huge proportions. Things are very slowly starting to improve.
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You no longer have to go to your GP to get your flu shot or catch up on vaccinations you missed earlier in life or have waning immunity to. But they’re unlikely to be free.
The growing number of cases of measles has many people asking: Am I safe? A vaccine expert provides some answers.
Precedents exist for making people have certain vaccines. Perhaps it’s time to extend this.
A bit of humility can go a long way.
A measles outbreak is causing major concern in a Washington county where only 22 percent of children are vaccinated against the disease. A vaccine expert explains the risks.
Thanks to successful vaccination programs, Australia has just been declared free of rubella. Continued vigilance is important to make sure it doesn’t come back.
Cases of measles are on the rise as a cohort of unvaccinated children grows up.
It’s not just women in impoverished countries dying in childbirth. The maternal death rate in both Canada and the U.S. has risen, particularly among Indigenous and African-American women.
Vaccination is not to be taken for granted.
We need to stop playing the blame game.
In the past year, 3,300 cases of measles were reported in Europe. Most of them were entirely preventable.
Documentaries are vital vehicles for explaining the world.
Many women in African countries who are medically required to have caesarean sections aren’t able to access them due to weak health systems and a lack of resources.
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.
We can’t keep blaming the MMR-autism scare – there are other forces at play.
Australia is unique in using parental financial incentives for immunisation.
Since the uptick in outbreaks of measles in the US, those arguing for the right not to vaccinate their children have come under increasing scrutiny. There is no journal of “anti-vax psychology” reporting…
All too predictably, the Ebola crisis has been accompanied by any number of breathless headlines – not all of them sensible. “Experts fear ISIS jihadists may infect themselves to spread virus in West…
Creating a website dedicated to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is the best way to increase uptake Australia, new…
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Public Health Physician
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Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Sheffield
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Professionalism, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Professor Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Univeristy of Sydney; Senior Researcher Sydney Institue for Infectious Disease, University of Sydney., University of Sydney
