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National Immunisation Week
New Zealand’s immunisation program has drastically reduced the prevalence of many potentially life-threatening communicable diseases, but it wont rest on […]
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AusSMC: Australia’s free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program for young women has decreased the diagnosis of genital warts by 59 […]
Continue readingNZPA/3News: One fifth of NZ babies not immunised
Up to 20% of kiwi babies are falling through the gaps and failing to be immunised, for reasons including poor […]
Continue readingFlu jab for kids halted in Australia pending investigation
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer today told doctors in Australia to stop giving the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: GPs call for more education about immunisation
Doctors are saying that more education of parents is needed if immunisation rates in New Zealand are going to reach […]
Continue readingManawatu Standard: Prevention a great policy
Janine Rankin of the Manawatu Standard reports on the start of efforts to immunise those most at risk from swine […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Wakefield chastised, the IPCC furore, and conventions galore
Lancet kills MMR paper 10 years on The move by London-based medical journal The Lancet to retract a ten year […]
Continue reading3 News: Claims MMR vaccine linked to autism retracted – Video
3 News covers the formal retraction by prestigious journal The Lancet of Andrew Wakefield’s controversial paper claiming a link between […]
Continue readingExpert responds to ‘Gardasil’ HPV vaccine concerns featured on TVNZ’s Close Up
TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme Close Up led its 2 Feb broadcast with an extended segment on the Gardasil HPV […]
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