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Low vaccination and immunity rates mean NZ faces a harsh whooping cough winter – what needs to happen

Following the deaths of two infants, doctors and scientists worry New Zealand’s whooping cough epidemic could be the worst in years.

The Conversation

We must continue to guard against the anti-vaccine movement

Letters: Bernard Bedford, Dr Andrew Hill and Andrew Scaife respond to an article by Devi Sridhar on the dangers of vaccine scepticism, especially with regard to children

The Guardian - UK

WHO Revises COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations for Omicron-Era

The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. The UN agency said…

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WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era

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Future Vaccines Could Be Delivered By A Gentle Puff Of Air

Scientists say the medicine being pushed through the skin, with just a little pressure, feels like being hit with a Nerf bullet.

Zenger

Pfizer's chief corporate affairs officer remembers the moment she figured out how to 'break through' to skeptical consumers during COVID

Sally Susman is the author of "Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World."

Fortune

Is This Star-Trek Inspired Device the Future Of Drug Delivery?

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a device that may one day deliver vaccines and other drugs without requiring needles.

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Bird flu FAQ: What is avian influenza? How is it transmitted to humans? What are the symptoms? Are there effective treatments and vaccines? Will H5N1 become the next viral pandemic?

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) is a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild and domestic birds worldwide. It has recently gained notoriety for its devastating impact on the commercial poultry sector and as an emerging human public health threat.

The Conversation

Goodbye needles! Future vaccines could be delivered by a gentle puff of air

Idea for the project was formed out of pandemic-induced boredom, says Professor

Wales Online

In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them

Covid accelerated a decline in vaccinations in England. We have to make a stronger case for them, and ensure everyone can get them, says professor of public health Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

ChatGPT-4 Provides Much More Balanced Responses Than Google Bard as to Good/Bad Things About Trump/Biden

Thursday, I blogged about how Google Bard responds to "What are some [good/bad] things about [Trump's/Biden's] presidency?" The short version (go to the post for screenshots that contain the full output): "What are some good things about Donald Trump's presidency?" yielded a list of good things and bad things. "What…

Reason

Lisa Jarvis: An urgently needed TB shot could democratize vaccines

Tuberculosis surrendered the title of the world’s deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19 struck, but it reclaimed that terrible distinction last year. As with COVID, a new vaccine could go a long way to sharply curtailing the disease, which killed about 1.4 million people a year before the pandemic and increased…

Tribune News Service

SA records first measles case in three years, with more expected as global case numbers grow

SA Health is urging the public to be aware of measles symptoms after a three-year-old boy came down with the virus upon returning from overseas.

ABC News

Eight new cases of Ebola-like virus reported as double outbreak hits Africa

World Health Organisation moves to fast-track testing of vaccines after Marburg virus claims five lives, including one health worker

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South Australia records first measles case since 2019

South Australians who aren't fully vaccinated against measles have been advised to keep watch for symptoms after a child was infected overseas.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Bernie Sanders shows fire, but seeks modest goals, in his debut drug hearing as health chair

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rose to national prominence criticizing big business in general and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, claimed the spotlight Wednesday on what might at first seem a powerful new stage from which to advance his agenda: chairmanship of the Senate health committee.

AAP

TB checks continue as calls grow for new vaccine

Health authorities continue to battle an outbreak of tuberculosis on South Australia's Indigenous lands amid fresh calls for more funding to fight the disease.

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Central Kentucky school health official discusses vaccines for students

An unvaccinated Jessamine County resident who tested positive for measles after attending last month’s revival at Asbury University has some wondering which vaccinations are required for Kentucky public school students.

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Women reporting change to periods after Covid jab are wrong, scientists say

Experts say the vaccine does not change periods, but catching Covid can

The Independent UK

Covid-19 vaccines do not affect women’s periods, study finds

A study was led by the University of Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Polio vaccine catch-up campaign for primary school children in London

Health officials say vaccine rates in some London boroughs is still too low.

The Conversation

TB in children isn't being controlled - it's key to fighting the disease for everyone else

World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the microbial cause of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Tribune News Service

Moderna CEO grilled by Senate panel over planned price hike

WASHINGTON — Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel attempted on Wednesday to win over lawmakers irate about the company’s planned COVID-19 vaccine price increase, weathering a barrage of criticism from Democrats angry at the company’s profits from its groundbreaking mRNA vaccine.

The Independent UK

Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price

Fortune

Moderna faces criticism as it prices COVID vaccine at $130 per dose

Pfizer has said it’s considering a similar price for its vaccine.

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