Herewith, a series of updates of recent news and views in the world of influenza, vaccination etc (including a rather stiff serve directed at the Federal Department of Health and Ageing... Read more
The WA review, which was established in May to investigate the response by health authorities to adverse events in children following seasonal influenza vaccination, was released today (alth... Read more
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has published the results of investigations into a spike in fevers and convulsions associated with seasonal influenza vaccination of young children. The... Read more
The Food and Drug Administration in the US has released details of its concerns about CSL’s influenza vaccine manufacturing processes. It says, however, that it is not aware of any fin... Read more
Companies flogging cold and flu treatments may be encouraging the spread of infections because their advertising is encouraging people to soldier on, rather than keeping themselves and their... Read more
This past week has been extremely interesting for those who follow the news about pandemic influenza. We’ve had a report from the Council of Europe concluding that the World Health Organizat... Read more
Will the scandal about undeclared industry ties of experts who advised the World Health Organisation on pandemic influenza claim the scalp of the Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan? Such a q... Read more
This statement has just been issued by the Chief Commonwealth Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop. “After consideration of the results to date of a comprehensive investigation into t... Read more
On April 30, Professor Jim Bishop, the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer, announced that the suspension of seasonal influenza vaccination for children aged five and under would b... Read more
This post wraps the latest debate about the impact of pandemic influenza in Australia, and includes an article from public health physician, Dr Craig Dalton (how bad was the pandemic really,... Read more
