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Coombe vaccine controversy rumbles on with flurry of letters Fallout from Covid-19 jabs for staff relatives sparks criticism and counter-criticism about 3 hours ago Simon Carswell Public Affairs Editor Listen now 5:31 Prof Michael O’Connell, master of the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital on Cork Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   The...

Politics by Madura McCormack Premium Content   The quarantine facility proposed by the Queensland Government for Wellcamp near Toowoomba is effectively dead and buried, with Australia's top health official confirming the Commonwealth was "not actively exploring" any purpose-built infrastructure. And even if the 1000-bed quarantine facility was built at the privately owned Wellcamp Airport, there aren't enough public health workers to run it. But the State Government is refusing to concede, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's office yet to receive any o...

Health by Samantha Maiden   Australians aged between 50-69 will now be able to receive the COVID-19 jab from May - but only if they are happy with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Over 50s who are not already eligible to be vaccinated will now be able to get an AstraZeneca vaccine at respiratory clinics from May 3, and at GPs from May 17. Teenagers as young as 16 will also now be eligible to be vaccinated as early as this year because the preferred vaccine for under 50s - Pfizer - is approved for older teenagers. But that's unlikely until the end of the year.

Fundamental human rights and equality issues, including the right to life, are in play and any approach to the issues must reflect these, he says. “Specifically the right to life engages positive obligations on the State to effectively investigate suspicious deaths. Also, the right to private and family life are engaged in respect of burying loved ones and knowing the fate of family members. “In particular, the right of family members to know what happened to loved ones should form the central objective of the legislation… A key task for this committee will be to deliver effect...

Consultant tells board of ‘serious errors of judgment’ at Dublin maternity hospital