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Haven’t yet been vaccinated for COVID? Novavax might change your mind

By Jack Feehan, Victoria University and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University After significant delays in production and approval, Novavax – the first protein-based vaccine against COVID approved in Australia – is now available. Unvaccinated Australians can receive Novavax for their first and second doses, at least three...
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Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your...

By Leyla Asadi, University of Alberta; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Lisa M Brosseau, University of Minnesota, and Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford With the rapid...
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Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed...

By Christopher Baker, The University of Melbourne; Freya Shearer, The University of Melbourne; James McCaw, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Golding, Curtin University Unthinkable...
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Who can’t have a COVID vaccine and how do I get...

By Margie Danchin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute As Australia works towards getting 80% of over-16s fully vaccinated against COVID and higher, there’s more pressure to...
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Vaccine passports are coming to Australia. How will they work and...

By Katie Attwell, The University of Western Australia Even before any COVID-19 vaccines were invented, vaccine passports for participation in public activities appeared likely. Australia’s plagued...
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What do I need to know about the Moderna vaccine? And...

By Archa Fox, The University of Western Australia and Thomas Preiss, Australian National University Australia’s medical regulator has provisionally approved another COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, for...
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Should we vaccinate children against COVID-19? We asked 5 experts

By Phoebe Roth, The Conversation Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently announced provisional approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used in 12-15-year-olds. Last month, the...
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