vaccination – Bianca Nogrady

Measles: Australia at risk of losing herd immunity, study suggests

August 26, 2026August 26, 2026No Comments

From the BMJ, 24 August 2026: Australia’s hard fought herd immunity to measles is under threat, with a study finding that its population level immunity is hovering just above the World Health Organization’s recommended threshold. Australia introduced measles vaccination in 1968, starting with a single vaccine dose for children aged 12-23 months. In 1993 the … Continue reading Measles: Australia at risk of losing herd immunity, study suggests

The science on Covid boosters

September 4, 2023No Comments

From The Saturday Paper, 4 September 2023: On May 5 this year, World Health Organization director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the pandemic emergency downgraded from an acute global disaster into a more chronic, long-term affliction. Covid-19 became another in the long line of deadly pathogens that have seared their way into history, then faded … Continue reading The science on Covid boosters

Mounting evidence suggests Sputnik COVID vaccine is safe and effective

July 7, 2021No Comments

From Nature News, 7 July 2021: Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik, has been the subject of fascination and controversy since the Russian government authorized its use last year, before early-stage trial results were published. Evidence from Russia and many other countries now suggests it is safe and effective — but questions remain about the quality of … Continue reading Mounting evidence suggests Sputnik COVID vaccine is safe and effective

So we have vaccines. What happens now?

April 13, 2021No Comments

From The Medical Republic, 8 April 2020: “I’m one of those public health people who love silver bullets.” As editor-in-chief of BMJ Global Health, and a health systems expert at the University of Sydney, Dr Seye Abimbola is well acquainted with the damage that SARS-CoV-2 has wrought around the world. So he’s understandably excited about … Continue reading So we have vaccines. What happens now?

Why aren’t kids getting vaccinated?

February 9, 2021No Comments

From MIT Technology Review, 8 February 2021: While much of the world is engaged in a frantic scramble to get vaccinated against covid-19, there’s one group noticeably absent from the queues of people at vaccine clinics: children. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is still approved for use only in those aged 16 years or older, and the … Continue reading Why aren’t kids getting vaccinated?