More than 1500 babies are being sought for a research study testing whether a whooping cough vaccine can help prevent allergies in early childhood in Australia. The OPTIMUM Study, conducted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), the Telethon Kids Institute and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, is recruiting infants aged 6-12 weeks from Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, respectively. All […]
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Do you LISTEN TO YOUR HEART? It could save your life! As part of World Heart Rhythm Week (7th-13th June), a national charity for heart rhythm disorders, Arrhythmia Alliance, is calling for everyone to ‘listen to their heart’ to get to know the rhythm and not just the heart rate. Over 100,000 people each year die suddenly […]
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MCRI’s BCG vaccine trial joins global race to better understand COVID-19 variants • An Australian-led study will investigate whether it’s possible to predict who remains susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 variants despite previously having COVID-19 or a COVID-19-specific vaccine; • The study will explore the immune response to COVID-19-specific vaccines in Brazilian healthcare workers to find biomarkers […]
DETECT AF at vaccine centres: Success of Arrhythmia Alliance Detection of AF at COVID-19 vaccination centres scheme shows value of using every opportunity to DETECT AF in people aged 65 or older. A scheme by Arrhythmia Alliance to DETECT atrial fibrillation (AF) — the most common type of arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorder) and a major […]
The world’s first Covid-19 vaccine booster jab is to be administered at the University of Bradford’s cutting-edge Digital Health Enterprise Zone on June 1. The jabs are being tested as a possible precaution against variants of the coronavirus, with the trial lasting one year. The trial is being conducted by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation […]
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Concerns about side effects and whether vaccines have been through enough testing are holding people back from getting vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new report. Data from an international survey of 15 countries which ran between March and May this year showed that these were the most commonly cited reasons for not having had […]
A needle-free COVID-19 vaccination could be possible, with University of Queensland scientists successfully protecting mice from the virus by administering a US-developed vaccine candidate with a ‘patch’. The University of Texas Hexapro vaccine candidate – delivered via the UQ-developed and Vaxxas-commercialised high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) – provided protection against COVID-19 disease with a single, pain-free ‘click’ from a pocket-sized applicator. […]
Don’t be that person. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from this very concerning outbreak? Quite possibly. So don’t be that person who says they’re going to ‘just wait and see what happens’ By Professor Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne. (This article was published in Pursuit). Victoria is back in lockdown. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from […]
How Covid-19 restrictions may be necessary for years to come: Covid-19 could continue to cause recurrent waves and deaths despite frequent vaccinations according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied how the vaccination programme in England could impact Covid-19 transmission. They found that under optimistic scenarios, mass immunisation using effective vaccines […]
Covid-19 vaccination: thrombosis can be prevented by prompt treatment: A rare syndrome has been observed in people following vaccination against Covid-19. This involves thrombosis at unusual sites in the body, associated with a low thrombocyte (blood platelet) count and a clotting disorder. In medical jargon, this syndrome is referred to as VITT (vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia). Doctors […]