Child vaccination schedule: changes, concerns and how to tackle hesitancy: Uptake of childhood vaccines shows a worrying fall due to several factors. Here ... New data show vaccination coverage for young children fell in 2021-22 for virtually all programmes. Uptake was falling before the pandemic...
While the drop may seem small, it represents hundreds of thousands of children and a slip away from herd immunity for diseases like the measles, according to Neil Maniar, professor of the practice in health sciences at Northeastern University. This places people who cannot be immunized for medica...
(Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia); Michael Nissen, PhD (previously Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane); Alissa McMinn, RN, and Donna Lee, RN (Monash Children's Hospital); Carolyn Finucane, RN, Christine Robins, RN...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for more than 500 million cases worldwide as of April 2022. Initial estimates in 2020 found that children were less likely to become infecte
“I wouldn’t do it for my kids either. I wouldn’t know how it would affect them. So I just think that they should probably wait for it to be put out to the general public because I know they’re giving it to like—like the people that are first responders and stuff like that,...
Russell, F. et al.COVID-19 in Victorian Schools: an Analysis of Child-care and School Outbreak Data and Evidence-based Recommendations for Opening Schools and Keeping Them Open(Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2020). ...
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; we have high and stable coverage rates of around 93%.
Although the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is registered in Australia for females aged 9 to 45 years, females aged 27 to 45 years have shown limited vaccine uptake. Our study explored general practitioners’ (GPs) views concerning HPV vaccination of females in this age group, with particular...
Like so many other skeptics, I just returned from TAM, which, despite all the conflict and drama surrounding it this year, actually turned out to be a highly enjoyable experience for myself and most people I talked to.
(2) participants in the MPTMR arm receiving at least 3 MPTMRs that could have influenced adherence to scheduled vaccination appointments [44,46,65], and (3) a study conducted in a high-risk population (individuals with chronic medical condition including pregnant individuals) in Australia that ...