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Pharmaceutical company Moderna is making significant progress on a combined vaccine for both COVID-19 and influenza.

Young and healthy people have the least to personally risk from the flu, but are some of the biggest spreaders.

Australia's health department has updated its COVID-19 vaccine advice.

The requirement was put in place in 2021, when the disease was running rampant.

Legal action against Telstra over its COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees has been discontinued, with documents showing it was funded by Clive Palmer.

Michelle Washington had no idea the piercing nerve pain she suddenly experienced was due to shingles.

New strain Eris is now dominant in the UK and the US, but its impact on a relaxed Australia could be severe.

About 1600 patients from the Heritage Medical Clinic in Richmond have been notified of the breach.

Luke Wingfield is the first South Australian to die from meningococcal this year, with the 36-year-old's family remembering him as healthy and vibrant.

Medics are calling for parents to get their children vaccinated against flu after a spike in the number of youngsters being taken to hospital with flu-like illnesses.

A prominent vaccine scientist said he was accosted outside of his home after a Twitter exchange with podcaster Joe Rogan, who challenged him to debate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over the weekend.

A new flu vaccine could soon prove to be a game-changer as influenza cases rise in Australia during the lead-up to winter.

The US approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too.

One state has already seen a surge in infections - and there's warnings other states would follow.

The disease has recently gained notoriety for its devastating impact on the commercial poultry sector and as an emerging human public health threat.

With flu season on the way for another year, Australians are being encouraged to get vaccinated against the disease ahead of winter, particularly with COVID-19 circulating through the community.

Health experts are urging people to get vaccinated for tetanus following the death of a Sydney woman in April.

One clue signals that a "significant" influenza season could be ahead ahead, with one top doctor sounding the alarm now.

The infant visited locations in Parramatta and Westmead, including the Westmead children's hospital emergency department. 

From today, eligible Australians can receive a potential fifth COVID-19 booster.

New data from the New England Journal of Medicine shows trials of the RSV vaccine are proving to be up to 94 per cent effective.

Australians will be able to get a fifth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the next few weeks.

A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been linked to a 90 per cent reduction in the mortality rate for people with multiple health conditions, a new study has found.

US health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.

A vaccine trial is underway to combat a triple threat of infections with just one single jab.

Almost 90 per cent of people in Henan, China's third most populous province, have been infected with COVID-19.

The first case of a mosquito-borne virus this summer has been diagnosed in NSW.

COVID-19 vaccine developers Moderna have developed a breakthrough cancer treatment that targets the personal genetics of patients fighting melanoma.

A young woman has died of meningococcal disease in New South Wales, prompting a warning from health authorities.

Health authorities are seeking temporary guardianship of a baby whose parents won't allow him to receive blood from those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

A few hours after Monica Eskandar's jab, she suffered serious chest pains, prompting her family to call an ambulance.

Mosquito numbers are expected to rise in coming weeks given the relentless wet weather - and it could have a catastrophic impact on livestock.

Strict new measures have been imposed in Beijing and across the country to contain new outbreaks.

Former Adelaide Crows player Deni Varnhagen has lost her final court challenge to South Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

COVID-19 cases have sharply risen across Australia in the last week but current vaccine advice will remain in place until next year.

Queensland researchers have developed a vaccine for a widespread bacteria in a world-first breakthrough.

There are two things residents in the red are urged to do, as authorities warn of a "high risk" summer.

A leading GP said it important to keep up-to-date with your COVID-19 booster shot ahead of the festive season.

Schools should have stayed open, lockdowns and border closures were too harsh and older Australians weren't protected well enough, an independent report into Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has concluded.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit US$1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) to the effort to end polio worldwide.

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years old has been provisionally approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

A new deal is taking Australia a step closer to a world-first vaccine that can help protect the country from the devastation of foot and mouth disease.

Former Adelaide Crows player Deni Varnhagen has lost her court challenge to South Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Pfizer has been granted provisional approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to use its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose in children aged five to 11 years old.

A case of measles has been detected in New South Wales. It is the first time the highly infectious disease has been found in the state since February 2020.

The study found a 31-year-old man with a confirmed monkeypox infection developed acute myocarditis one week after first showing symptoms.

The Theraputic Goods Administration has provisionally approved Moderna's Omicron-containing bivalent booster candidate.

Moderna filed patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech "for infringing patents central to (its) mRNA technology platform," the company said in a news release.

Funding to develop new vaccines against foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease has been announced by the New South Wales government.

Educators are "horrified" over a plan that will see Queensland teachers docked pay if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination.