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COVID-19 vaccine safety report (6 April 2023)
6 April 2023 - To 2 April 2023, more than 44 million doses of Comirnaty (Pfizer) mRNA vaccines have been administered in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2023
Ensuring public trust in an empowered FDA
1 April 2023 - The FDA’s recent approval of lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease has been clouded by controversy over other accelerated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2023
WHO advisers to consider whether obesity medication should be added to Essential Medicines List
30 March 2023 - Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider next month whether to add liraglutide, the active ingredient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2023
To deal with the next pandemic, the FDA needs an Office of Preparedness and Response
30 March 2023 - New evidence of the spillover of the avian flu virus, known as H5N1, to some mammals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (23 March 2023)
23 March 2023 - To 19 March 2023, more than 44 million doses have been administered in Australia, as well ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (9 March 2023)
9 March 2023 - To 5 March 2023, over 44 million doses have been administered in Australia, as well as about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
ATAGI recommendations on use of the Moderna bivalent (Original/Omicron BA.4/5) COVID-19 vaccine
28 February 2023 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of the Moderna bivalent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2023
Supplies secured of latest Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as recommended by Halton Review
28 February 2023 - The Australian Government has secured an additional 3 million doses of the latest Moderna Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (23 February 2023)
23 February 2023 - To 19 February 2023, over 44 million doses have been administered in Australia, as well as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
TGA grants provisional approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 bivalent (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4-5) booster dose vaccine
20 February 2023 - On 17 February, 2023, the TGA granted provisional approval to Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine: elasomeran and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2023
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
16 February 2023 - Moderna was criticised for considering a price hike for its shot. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (09 February 2023)
9 February 2023 - To 5 February 2023, over 44 million doses of Comirnaty have been administered in Australia, as well ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2023
All adults now eligible for a 2023 COVID-19 booster dose
8 February 2023 - The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation that all adults ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2023
ATAGI recommendations on use of the Pfizer bivalent (Original/Omicron BA.4/5) COVID-19 vaccine
8 February 2023 - On 20 January 2023, the TGA provisionally approved the Pfizer (Comirnaty) Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4/5 vaccine for use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2023
ATAGI 2023 booster advice
8 February 2023 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) regarding COVID-19 boosters in 2023. ...