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Influenza Vaccination Linked to Higher COVID Death Rates A problematic form of viral interference appears to be a side-effect of widely promoted influenza vaccines Vaccines can in some cases trigger more serious illness when exposed to an unrelated virus, via a process known as virus interference. A question that has lingered since the 2009 mass vaccination campaign against pandemic H1N1 swine flu is whether seasonal influenza vaccination might make pandemic infections worse or more prevalent. ...

What are the side effects? Common reactions to coronavirus vaccination include pain, redness or swelling where you received the needle, mild fever, or headache, Australian National University infectious disease expert Peter Collignon says. Some people will experience more significant flu-like symptoms and may need time away from normal activities such as work. “For some people [side effects] can go for a day and some people can have fevers of 38 degrees or more,” Professor Collignon says. ...

Save Share Funding for immediate, large-scale manufacture of mRNA vaccines such as those made by Pfizer and Moderna should be a priority in the budget, according to experts who have closely followed the course of COVID-19 in Australia. To achieve optimum pandemic control, they would also welcome policy support to decouple science and public health from politics, implement proportionate risk management and fund quarantine facilities built to a high national standard that can be scaled up and are...

"I think the likelihood of anything like that occurring is pretty much zero," he told Today yesterday. He said jail time and mass fines for travellers breaching the ban were "highly unlikely". "So, I think people need to look at this in perspective." Mr McCormack stood by the governments decision, telling Today they would be "constantly reviewing the pause". "To keep Australia as COVID-Safe and as COVID-free as we need it to be, this has been a difficult decision to make but a necessary one," h...

Save Share It is natural for tax agent Nagaraj Veerachettiar to get a bit stressed around this time of year as he gets his software business ready for the busy period that swamps him each July. But in 2021, a unique trouble has landed in the mix. The founder of GovReports, which helps companies with their tax returns, is one of thousands of Australians stuck in India. GovReports founder Nagaraj Veerachettiar is stuck in southern India due to Australia’s travel ban.  He has travelled ...

WHO to decide fate of 3-billion-dose Chinese vaccines within days We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Singapore: China’s top two vaccines could be approved by the World Health Organisation for global distribution within days, providing a potential boost to vaccine capacity of 3 billion doses a year. The decision to approve or reject the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines falls at a critical time for medical diplomacy...

WHO to decide fate of 3-billion-dose Chinese vaccines within days We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Singapore: China’s top two vaccines could be approved by the World Health Organisation for global distribution within days, providing a potential boost to vaccine capacity of 3 billion doses a year. The decision to approve or reject the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines falls at a critical time for medical diplomacy...

44 new Covid cases have been recorded in returned travellers in NSW this week  Expert says there are negligent flaws in Australias hotel quarantine system Michael Toole says risk of airborne spread of virus needs to be taken seriously Called for national standard for ventilation in hotels to  avoid further outbreaks Comes after he called for hotel quarantine facilities to be moved out of cities  

Quarantine must be near airports and population centres that can support personnel30/04/2021|8min Infectious Diseases Expert Peter Collignon says "wherever you put quarantine", you need to have them "near an airport" where international arrivals can be moved and "near a population centre that can support all personnel". "You need to have a large health facility, which actually starts limiting where you can put quarantine," he said. "You need appropriate governance. The reason the states have to...

Increased hand sanitizer use blamed for rise in gastro outbreaks Increased hand sanitizer use b... Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are thought to be less effective in removing norovirus than handwashing with soap and water 1/1 Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are thought to be less effective in removing norovirus than handwashing with soap and water A number of countries are reporting increasing rates of viral gastroenteritis over recent months, and experts suggest greater us...