When the first vaccines for COVID-19 rolled out in December 2020, some people hoped they would be a silver bullet against the novel virus the way that polio and smallpox shots are nearly 100% effective against those diseases. Instead, the updated COVID vaccine is being compared to the flu...
Peter Malinauskas, the premier of South Australia (SA), on Sunday announced that flu vaccines would be made free until June 30 effective immediately. Previously, only pensioners, young children and immunocompromised people were eligible for free flu vaccines, with everyone else facing out-of-pocket...
By contrast, they’ve heard a lot of highly uncertain and rapidly changing information about COVID and COVID vaccines. Many agencies and experts have sounded confident – arguably often overconfident, given that they have changed their minds or been wrong a lot. And some people who claim they...
The deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation spoke to the Royal Society of Medicine about the upcoming influenza season and the new bivalent covid-19 vaccine We are potentially going to have a very big influenza outbreak this winter because we haven't got much ...
Experts call for free flu vaccines for all Australians amid battle against COVID-19 CANBERRA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A leading infectious diseases expert has called for the influenza vaccine to be made free for all Australians to prevent a looming health "disaster"....
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Health officials say it’s OK to get your COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine at the same time. The U.S.
The increase in drinking post-pandemic has experts alarmed; an immersion room gives people with dementia an opportunity for new experiences; the demand for weight loss drugs has led to a dangerous black market, and health experts say getting ready for the holiday season should include COVID ...
The current 2024-2025 season vaccines are all trivalent. The influenza B/Yamagata vaccine component is being removed because those viruses have not been detected by global flu surveillance since March 2020. Commonly used flu vaccines include: ...
Pagel attributed the recent rise in hospital admissions to a mix of waning protection from the vaccines, the spread of BA. 2 and the end of most Covid-19 measures giving the virus more chance to infect people and cause severe illness. “I would be really surprised if we have a massive ...