covid vaccination
TGA rebuffs Covid vax misinformation
Regulator moves to reassure consumers of the safety of Covid-19 vaccinations The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a statement rejecting media reports suggesting Covid-19 vaccines have been contaminated with …
Misinformation, out-of-pocket costs driving low uptake
Most Australians want national targets to help increase “woeful” adult vaccination rates, survey finds Adult vaccination targets and awareness campaigns could help increase vaccination rates across the country, according to …
Vaccine hesitancy: nurturing confidence in vaccine hesitant consumers
As pharmacy’s vaccine role continues to expand, and as ambivalence about vaccination grows, pharmacists are increasingly confronting the problem of vaccine hesitancy. This article examines what drives this hesitancy and …
Degrees of change
In this podcast Carlene McMaugh speaks to Professor Andrew McLachlan and Associate Professor Rebekah Moles about the future of pharmacy education and the changes coming for the profession In our …
Next steps on bivalents as Omicron strains take hold
Millions of Pfizer’s Omicron bivalent vaccines are on the way as Health Minister announces date they will start being administered More than four million doses of Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine targeting …
Second bivalent booster gets go-ahead
Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia, with clinical results showing “superior” response against Omicron strain compared to its original vaccine The TGA has provisionally approved Pfizer’s bivalent …
Updates to the pharmacist vax standard
Moderna bivalent vaccine now added to pharmacist vaccination standards in NSW, while written approval for Novavax booster scrapped The NSW Ministry of Health has updated the state’s Pharmacist Vaccination Standards to …
mRNA death to be investigated by coroner
Existing warning about myocarditis to be strengthened after first official Australian death from an mRNA jab The TGA convened an external expert group after a young woman in her 20s …
Australia ‘not yet COVID-stable’: review
Availability of vaccines and treatments will continue to play a key role in 2023 and 2024 due to uncertainty over future COVID variants, independent report finds A need to mitigate …
Green light for bivalent booster
First bivalent COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia The TGA has provisionally approved Moderna’s Spikevax bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in adults 18 years and …
Local access to mRNA vaccines locked in
A new vaccine manufacturing facility will be built at Monash University as government strikes new deal An mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility will be built at Melbourne’s Monash University after the …
Pharmacist push as vax for younger kids cleared
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given green light for at-risk kids aged 6 months to 5 years as Guild calls for pharmacist administration age to be lowered The Federal Government has accepted …