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A free vaccination program to protect teenagers from the W strain of the deadly meningococcal disease has been announced by the New South Wales Government.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, vaccines-and-immunity, adolescent-health, government-and-politics, nsw
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| UpdatedA national approach to the deadly W strain of Meningococcal disease is being considered by Australia's health chief, as concerns rise over an increase in the number of cases.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, australia, wa, nsw
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A "disturbing increase" in cases of W strain meningococcal has prompted the WA Government to offer free vaccinations to teenagers.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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Unimmunised children will be asked to stay away from South Australian preschools and care centres when there is a disease outbreak as part of a new procedure.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, children, children---preschoolers, children---toddlers, family-and-children, community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
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US President-elect Donald Trump is in talks with vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy, with the view to establishing a panel to review vaccine safety.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President-elect Donald Trump meets with vaccination sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr about forming a presidential panel to review vaccine safety and science.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedA year after the State Government introduced the 'no jab, no play' policy making it mandatory for children attending pre-school to be vaccinated, Victoria's immunisation rate remains a problem.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, daylesford-3460, vic, castlemaine-3450
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Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.
Topics: ebola, vaccines-and-immunity, guinea
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| UpdatedTwo children from non-vaccinating families in Perth contract measles after coming into contact with a returned traveller at a public hospital, sparking a warning from health authorities.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, perth-6000, wa, midland-6056
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| UpdatedAn antiseptic that has been out of use for more than 50 years could help fight superbugs, as well as viral infections, and prevent future pandemics, Melbourne researchers say.
Topics: health, vaccines-and-immunity, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedWA Health Minister John Day has confirmed a worldwide shortage of meningococcal vaccine has caused wait times to blow out in Western Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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The standoff over the Hendra vaccine continues, despite a parliamentary investigation concluding the drug is safe and effective for horses
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, horse-racing, hendra-virus-infection, rural, livestock-welfare, brisbane-4000
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Unvaccinated Year 12 students in NSW will be forced to stay home for two weeks during disease outbreaks under proposed changes to the Public Health Act.
Topics: schools, health-policy, vaccines-and-immunity, nsw
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The child death rates are steadily declining in New South Wales, mainly off the back of improved infant mortality figures, but a report shows that 23 may not have died if they had been vaccinated.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, vaccines-and-immunity, death, children, health, nsw
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| UpdatedAn elderly patient is recovering from a rare and potentially deadly strain of meningococcal on the Sunshine Coast.
Topics: health, vaccines-and-immunity, community-and-society, maroochydore-4558
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A Byron Bay physiotherapist is harassed by anti-vaccination campaigners who have mistaken him for a pro-immunisation blogger known as Reasonable Hank.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, social-media, crime, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: health, vaccines-and-immunity, social-media, crime, byron-bay-2481
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Peter Tiernan speaks about being mistakenly identified as pro-vaccination blogger 'Reasonable Hank.'
Topics: health, social-media, vaccines-and-immunity, byron-bay-2481
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| UpdatedThere is renewed debate over whether the expensive meningococcal B vaccine should be available free to children, after the death of a toddler from a suspected case of the disease in South Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, vaccines-and-immunity, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia, sa
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Most Australian parents will be unable to buy a vaccine for the B strain of the dangerous meningococcal disease until the new year because of patchy supplies.
Topics: health, vaccines-and-immunity, sa, australia
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Victoria's Health Minister Jill Hennessy speaks out about being the target of "sexist" and "violent" messages from anti-vaccination campaigners.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vaccines-and-immunity, health, melbourne-3000
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Health authorities report a spike in the number of meningococcal cases in WA from a strain that Australians are not routinely vaccinated for.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, wa
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Topics: beef-cattle, vaccines-and-immunity, veterinary-medicine, katherine-0850
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Topics: beef-cattle, vaccines-and-immunity, veterinary-medicine, katherine-0850
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A new trial run by Katherine Research Station with pastoralists in the Northern Territory, is testing the feasibility of using a single vaccination to protect cattle against tetanus.
Topics: beef-cattle, vaccines-and-immunity, veterinary-medicine, rural-media, katherine-0850