By Nick Evans, Perth Now US REGULATORS have hammered Australian vaccine maker CSL over its “inadequate” investigation of manufacturing problems that may have led to severe reactions in children given the flu vaccine last year. In April last year Australian health authorities withdrew CSL’s season flu vaccine from use in children under five after 23 […]
Virus in the system
By Natasha Bita KIRSTEN and Mick Button were looking forward to a family holiday in Bali when the letter landed in their mailbox. From the West Australian Health Department, it urged them to vaccinate their children against the flu. A killer new strain of influenza, a mutant mix of human, avian and swine influenza viruses, […]
The annual legs akimbo hootenanny
Canberra Times Australia BY JENNA PRICE 21 Jun, 2011 04:00 AM Honestly, it’s not that I minded pap smears all that much, the annual legs akimbo hootenanny at my local doctor. I’m not at all squeamish about my bits (in fact some readers love to complain that I mention vaginas, penises and sex far too […]
Concern over low vaccine uptake
Stuff.Co New Zealand Emma Baily June 18, 2011 South Canterbury has the lowest uptake of the Gardasil vaccine in the country, nearly three times lower than the national average. Latest Ministry of Health figures show just 17 per cent of girls born in 1997, now in year 10, had the three Gardasil vaccinations last year […]
Fewer year 7 firls are opting to have HPV vaccination
By Emma Bailey It’s half-way through the year and only 6 per cent of eligible South Canterbury year 7 girls have been immunised against HPV (human papillomavirus) compared with 64 per cent in the first year it was offered. National Women’s Hospital gynaecology Ron Jones held a meeting in Timaru last night to reassure parents […]
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