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Australian adults can now get Moderna's Omicron COVID-19 booster. Here's what we know
10 November 2022 - The first combination COVID booster has now been introduced to Australia's vaccine program, with Moderna's Omicron ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2022
13 million Novavax doses due to expire as Australians stick to mRNA boosters
21 September 2022 - Novavax COVID vaccines procured by the federal government in the hopes of convincing hesitant Australians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2022
Australia's first bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to join rollout
12 September 2022 - The Australian Government has accepted a recommendation from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2022
PHARMAC simplifies criteria for COVID-19 anti-viral treatments
12 September 2022 - PHARMAC has confirmed today that it is simplifying the access criteria for the three anti-viral treatments it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2022
COVID-19: a global opinion on bivalent vaccines in mid-September
5 September 2022 - The EMA has just modified the marketing authorisations granted to messenger RNA vaccines developed by Moderna and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2022
Government secures monkeypox medicine, PHARMAC working on getting vaccines
26 August 2022 - The Government has secured monkeypox medicine which is expected to be available in New Zealand from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2022
Access criteria for new COVID-19 treatment announced
25 August 2022 - PHARMAC has today confirmed the access criteria for the first preventative medicine for COVID-19, tixagevimab and cilgavimab ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
Fears for patient safety with hundreds of medicines in short supply
17 August 2022 - Doctors and pharmacists are warning there could be serious consequences for patients if the shortage of hundreds ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
COVID vaccine rollout too slow, poorly planned, audit finds
17 August 2022 - An audit of Australia’s coronavirus vaccination rollout has criticised the slow speed at which early doses ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
UK will not buy Evusheld owing to “insufficient data” on protection, Government says
15 August 2022 - The UK Government has said that it will not procure the COVID-19 drug Evusheld—a combination of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2022
Dismay as UK ‘drags its heels’ on AZ’s COVID antibody Evusheld
12 August 2022 - Half a million people in the UK with conditions like blood cancer that prevents them being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2022
New Zealand allowed pharmacists to dispense COVID-19 antivirals and 'everyone realised it was a win'
6 August 2022 - With Australians dying from COVID-19 every day and nearly 5,000 people in hospital with the disease, experts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2022
Supply a factor in restricting COVID vaccines for babies and toddlers
3 August 2022 - Most parents of babies and toddlers will not be able to access a COVID vaccine approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2022
COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6 months to under 5 years
3 August 2022 - The Albanese Government has accepted a recommendation from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation to make ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2022
45 medicines affected by supply issues as COVID causes 'unprecedented challenge'
27 July 2022 - In the past month, New Zealand has been hit by medicine supply issues affecting large swathes ...