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ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (15 December 2021)
18 December 2021 - On Wednesday 15 December 2021 ATAGI reviewed the latest developments relating to COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine safety. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
Australia launches National Preventive Health Strategy
13 December 2021 - The Australian Government has today launched the National Preventive Health Strategy, a 10 year plan to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2021
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation recommendations on the use of Spikevax (Moderna) as a COVID-19 booster vaccine
12 December 2021 - Spikevax (Moderna), also referred to as the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, has been provisionally approved for use as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2021
ATAGI statement on the Omicron variant and timing of COVID-19 booster vaccination
12 December 2021 - The COVID-19 vaccines used in Australia are critical in protecting against COVID-19 due to all variants, including ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
EMA and ECDC recommendations on heterologous vaccination courses against COVID-19
7 December 2021 - ‘Mix-and-match’ approach can be used for both initial courses and boosters. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2021
ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (1 December 2021)
3 December 2021 - On 1 December 2021 ATAGI reviewed the latest developments relating to COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine safety. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2021
Can we trust strong recommendations based on low quality evidence?
25 November 2021 - A necessary requirement for development of trustworthy guidelines is to respect the relation between the quality (certainty) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2021
The FDA's dysfunction is a public health crisis of its own
22 November 2021 - Earlier this month, President Biden tapped Dr. Robert Califf to lead the FDA. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2021
UK recognises Covaxin as valid COVID-19 vaccine for travel
21 November 2021 - Travellers vaccinated with Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin will now be able to enter the UK, as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2021
Dutch health insurance: what changes in 2022?
11 November 2021 - The Dutch healthcare institute Zorginstituut Nederland is going to increase its monitoring of treatment to better ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2021
Why TGA head John Skerritt must go over vaccine claim
10 November 2021 - The head of the TGA must resign or be sacked over his claims about the Moderna vaccine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2021
Health Canada authorises the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot
9 November 2021 - Health Canada has authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2021
Start of COVID-19 booster vaccination program
8 November 2021 - Today, the Australian Government’s COVID-19 booster vaccination rollout program officially gets under way, with the initial focus ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2021
COVID-19: PHARMAC confident with growing stock of drugs to treat virus
7 November 2021 - PHARMAC is growing increasingly confident it is getting close to having enough of the drugs needed to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2021
Novavax files COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use listing with World Health Organization
4 November 2021 - All modules required for regulatory review of Novavax vaccine, including CMC data, are now complete for ...