Pressure on GPs as pharmacies drop out of COVID booster rollout With COVID-19 vaccine access points set to dwindle, some GPs are unsure how to make boosters work.
‘A perfect storm’: Vaccine wastage doubles as demand falls With immunisation rates plateauing and most not yet eligible for boosters, GPs are warning that more COVID-19 vaccine doses are going to waste.
‘We need more support’: No extra funding for booster program A COVID-19 vaccine booster program has now been officially signed off, but GPs will miss out on additional remuneration for administering a third dose.
GPs to take central role in vaccine booster rollout What will the new COVID-19 vaccine booster program mean for general practices around the country?
Results from first ‘gold standard’ COVID booster vaccine trial With an announcement pending on Pfizer vaccine boosters in Australia, a new trial suggests they increase vaccine efficacy to 95.6%.
Boosters are coming: What does the latest evidence suggest? Australia’s COVID vaccine booster program could start as soon as next month. An infectious diseases physician and immunology expert share their views on what shape it should take.
‘Reassuring’ figures on breakthrough infections Deaths from ‘breakthrough’ infections are most likely to happen among the elderly but vaccination hugely diminishes risk, recent studies suggest.
ATAGI says third vaccine dose ‘likely’ for certain cohorts The advisory body has said ‘severely immunocompromised’ people will be among those expected to require an additional dose.
Clearer picture of long-term vaccine efficacy against severe COVID Major pre-print studies comparing multiple COVID vaccines have found their ability to protect against hospitalisation and death may begin to wane in the long term.
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy fades over time: Study Vaccine-induced immunity against infection appears to slowly reduce as months pass, but evidence around hospitalisation is less clear. What does this mean for boosters in Australia?