By Julia Medow AUSTRALIA’S response to an outbreak of convulsions among children who received the flu vaccine last year was plagued by delayed reporting, communication breakdowns and insufficient data on immunisation rates, an independent review has found. Former chief medical officer John Horvath has called for major changes to the way vaccines are monitored in […]
No Cancer Vaccine for Boys
By Andrew M. Potts The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has rejected a submission to add the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for use in males. Gardasil is currently only available on the PBS for girls through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) to combat cervical cancer. Last year, drug […]
Drug watchdog halts injections after adverse reaction in patients
By Adam Cresswell THE drug regulator has told GPs to stop giving patients a second dose of a vaccine that protects against pneumococcal disease, after more than 80 Australians suffered severe reactions, including severe swelling and abcesses. The Therapeutic Goods Administration said it was investigating what could have caused 178 reports of reactions to the […]
Girls aren't taking cancer vaccine
By Health Reporter Jordanna Schreiver GIRLS are failing to complete the course that protects them against cervical cancer. SA chief executive Professor Brenda Wilson said young women need to take all three doses of the cervical cancer or human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, known as Gardasil, for maximum protection. “Research tells us that if this is […]
Wrongly Injected Toddler Battles Leukaemia
By Natalie Akooric A Hamilton toddler who was mistakenly injected with a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer when he was just six weeks old has developed a rare form of leukaemia. Chace Topperwien began chemotherapy for the M7 strand of acute myeloid leukaemia on his second birthday last month, but doctors cannot tell them whether […]
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