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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.
The flu shot is most effective if you receive it by the end of October. With 80,000 deaths from flu during last year's flu season, a doctor explains why you should act now.
Polio can be circulating through a community long before anyone is paralyzed. Monitoring sewage for the virus lets public health officials short-circuit this 'silent transmission.'
Humans have shown that together we can overcome daunting problems, including deadly pathogens like smallpox. It is a lesson of international cooperation and respect that we should pay attention to.
Banning travel might not always be the best way to respond to a disease outbreak.
Cases of measles are on the rise as a cohort of unvaccinated children grows up.
Pregnant women often get medical information from social media and websites, many of which contain misleading and false information about vaccination. Could OB-GYNs help educate them better?
International outbreaks of the almost-forgotten disease diphtheria and pockets of low immunisation coverage put Australians at risk of catching the disease.
Vaccines have long been considered safe, but many people still believe they are not. A new study shows that people who think they know more than medical experts are more likely to believe that vaccine are not safe.
To meet World Health Organization targets and reduce the rates of chronic hepatitis B infection among children, Canada should implement routine vaccination of all infants at birth.
Stating a majority of people won't benefit from a vaccine ignores the purpose of immunisation programs.
Toronto's fight against diptheria teaches us the powerful impact of public health campaigns -- in persuading parents to vaccinate their children.
When British parents are informed of the risks of HPV, they want their sons to be vaccinated against the virus.
Giving pregnant mothers the flu vaccine protected their babies from getting the flu in the first six months of life.
Australian parents who visit complementary health practitioners are less likely to vaccinate their kids. But could these practitioners be best placed to educate sceptical parents about vaccination?
Pakistan had only eight new diagnoses of polio in 2017. The virus' days look numbered – but health workers have their work cut out for them to eradicate the devastating disease once and for all.
Health authorities have raised the alarm after several cases of human rabies were reported in a space of four months.
Flu virus mutates so quickly that one year's vaccine won't work on the next year's common strains. But rational design – a new way to create vaccines – might pave the way for more lasting solutions.
New research shows that vaccination against the deadly Hendra virus in horses does not reduce their racing performance.
Top contributors
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Professor and Head of Clinical Research, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, UNSW
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Professor and Director for the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine, University of Sydney
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Honorary Fellow at Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Peter C. Doherty is a Friend of The Conversation.
Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Lyn Gilbert is a Friend of The Conversation.
Clinical Professor in Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
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Professor (Adjunct) in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Senior Veterinary Pathologist, CSIRO
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
