Measles has been rising globally in recent years. There were an estimated 10.3 million cases worldwide in 2023, a 20 per cent increase from 2022. Outbreaks are being reported all over the world including in the United States, Europe and ...

Australians have been urged to get a flu vaccination as cases surge across the country, almost doubling in one state. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reported there has been more than 46,300 cases of influenza across Australia this year ...

Expectant mothers will have access to free vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from next month under a major expansion of the National Immunisation Program (NIP). RSV commonly causes respiratory infections in people all of ages, but is especially dangerous for ...

Data shows that vaccination coverage rates for Australian children have dropped for the third straight year, sparking concern from the nation's immunologists. The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) released their 2023 annual report last week, which shows ...

Court decisions related to vaccinations are starting to show a pattern.  Within society there is a debate concerning whether children should be vaccinated. This is a hotly contested and highly emotive question for many. There are those who refrain from ...

The Gardasil vaccine will be rolled out to boys aged 12 and 13 in schools nationally from next year. It's expected 870,000 boys will receive the HPV vaccine in the first four years at a cost of $20 million, said ...