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People over 65 to be given new flu shot for free
1 April 2020 - Amid the COVID-19 chaos, everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine early this year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2020
PBAC – 2019 in review
8 January 2020 - The PBAC considered 188 submissions in 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2020
Summary of submissions and outcomes from the November 2019 PBAC meeting
7 January 2020 - Analysis and insights from the November 2019 PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Dec 2019
Meningococcal B vaccine rejected for inclusion on free schedule
22 December 2019 - It is the most common strain of deadly meningococcal disease, but the vaccine for the B strain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2019
2019-20 cost recovery implementation statement for PBS/NIP updated for 2018-19 financial outcome
12 December 2019 - The 2019–20 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement for the listing of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2019
Report clearly demonstrates the value of vaccines
1 November 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which verifies the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2019
Benefit payments for Australian father cut while son receives cancer treatment
24 October 2019 - A Perth father has reportedly lost his Family Tax Benefit cut because his son wasn't vaccinated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
'No jab, no pay' threat prompts an extra 174,000 children to be vaccinated in one year
1 September 2019 - A threat to cut family tax benefits for Australians who did not vaccinate their children has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Free flu jabs for kids on NIP move is welcomed by state Health minister Steven Miles
28 August 2019 - Australian children aged six months to five will be given free flu vaccines in 2020 if Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
Meningococcal B survivors push government for free vaccine
18 August 2019 - A vaccine exists for the most common strain of deadly meningococcal disease, yet the B vaccine is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2019
Vaccinating our kids shouldn’t be this hard
3 August 2019 - It cost about $600, a frustrating 30 or so phone calls to pharmacies and several trips ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2019
Governments refuse to fund meningococcal B vaccine
4 August 2019 - Federal and state governments are refusing to fund the meningococcal B vaccine while the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2019
‘A life is more important than money’: grieving parents’ plea for funded vaccination
4 August 2019 - Little Donald Peach was fully vaccinated — or so his parents thought after following the government’s official ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
Children in the UK are having their lives saved by a new Meningococcal B vaccine our government won’t fund
27 July 2019 - There is a vaccine for the Meningococcal B disease that’s killed two Australians this month and left ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2019
Meningococcal B vaccine must be urgently added to the National Immunisation Program
19 July 2019 - It is particularly cruel that the people with the most life to live are the prime ...