Influenza vaccination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
Despite improvements in vaccine uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, adults experience greater rates of influenza hospitalisation than non-Indigenous adults of the same age. READ… more
Vaccine complacency threatens to undo Australia’s hard work
As UNSW Kirby Institute epidemiologists Raina MacIntyre, Valentina Costantino, and Mallory Trent have shown, the proportion of the population we need to vaccinate to achieve herd immunity varies… more
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly's interview on 7.30 ABC on 9 March 2021
Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's interview on 7.30 ABC on 9 March 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19). READ
Why is herd immunity so important?
Prof MacIntyre is head of the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute at the University of NSW, and is concerned that the AstraZeneca vaccine, which will likely be rolled out early this year, is… more
Is Israel a preview of Australia’s post-vaccine world?
On January 20, enduring its third coronavirus wave under yet another lockdown, Israel recorded its first 10,000-case day alongside more than 100 deaths. Less than a month later, it is slowly… more