After climbing the world leaderboard during the initial Covid vaccine rollout to achieve over 95% vaccination coverage,¹ Australians have turned their back on boosters, with the vast majority now ‘under-vaccinated’.
An Adelaide youth worker who was “disabled” by pericarditis after getting a Covid booster shot under a workplace mandate made headlines this week after the South Australian Employment Tribunal ruled that he is to receive income support and payment of medical expenses for his injury.
The Department of Child Protection (DCP) must pay compensation and medical expenses to a youth worker who developed pericarditis after getting a Covid booster under a workplace vaccination directive, the South Australian Employment Tribunal has ruled.
On January 3, 2024, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called for a halt in the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines after US health agencies failed to adequately address his concerns about DNA contamination in the products.
Healthcare workers without the COVID-19 vaccination will return to Queensland hospitals as the government begins consultation to scrap a pandemic-enforced rule.
International travellers to the US will no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the government ends its coronavirus public health emergency.
The Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) is no longer an approved COVID-19 vaccine, the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care announced last month.
The premier of NSW says there is no evidence vaccines currently have any impact on COVID-19 transmission, and has called for the end of broad vaccine mandates.
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna's technology in order to make their own vaccine.
Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic has confirmed his US Open hopes are over after revealing he won't be able to travel to New York for the season's last grand slam.
The Queensland government will reportedly cut the pay of 900 of 54,000 public schoolteachers and education staff for failing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
