Whooping cough is surging in Australia. In 2024, we’ve already recorded more than six times the cases we saw in all of 2023.
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Azithromycin is facing shortages of its liquid formulation, which is used to treat respiratory and other illnesses in children.
There have been 2,793 confirmed cases of whooping cough so far this year – and, tragically, five infant deaths due to the infection.
The resurgence of measles and whooping cough is troubling. The most effective way to prevent the return and spread of vaccine-preventable diseases is through vaccination and combating vaccine hesitancy.
Vaccination is our best tool to limit this whooping cough outbreak.
Antibiotics aren’t very effective against it, but we do have a vaccine.
Over the last two years, routine immunisation services and coverage of essential childhood vaccines have been disrupted.
One in three infants is not immunised against pertussis. For Māori babies, more than half are at risk from the potentially deadly infection. But there are relatively simple things we can do.
Some coughs can last for weeks or even months following an upper respiratory infection. The good news – albeit not very satisfying – is that most eventually go away on their own.
Whooping cough rates are the lowest they’ve been for years. But what comes next?
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.
Whooping cough is making a comeback. Here’s how to identify it, and why vaccination is a way to protect babies.
Giving pregnant mothers the flu vaccine protected their babies from getting the flu in the first six months of life.
The kinds of vaccines adults need depend on several factors, including whether you were born here, how old you are and whether you intend to travel overseas.
If you have a ten-month-old baby, what do you need to know? What do you need to ask your GP about the benefits and risks of antibiotics?
Prospective parents, aware of how devastating whooping cough can be, want to leave no stone unturned to protect their baby. But is No Vax, No Visit supported by the best evidence?
Tucked away in the budget papers is an intitiative worthy of applause – the establishment of an adult immunisation register and the expansion of the childhood register to include adolescents.
Australia is unique in using parental financial incentives for immunisation.
Immunisation in Australia isn’t compulsory – and doesn’t need to be controversial. Most Australians recognise the incredible benefits that vaccination provides to prevent serious disease.
As of January 30, 102 people in 14 states were reported to have measles, and most of these cases are tied to the outbreak that began at Disneyland in December. Public health officials are citing an increase…
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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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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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Head of Epidemiology, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance, and School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, General Practice, Queen Mary University of London
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Health activist, Medreach Pty Ltd., Bond University
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Senior Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
