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Even as older adults await the coronavirus vaccine, many are skipping the standard ones. That’s not wise, health experts say. 
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Critics say the Trump administration should have simplified the process and started it earlier to avoid delays that may cost lives.
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Informed consent needs to be considered before the vaccines arrive. Lessons for Australia here.
“We shouldn’t be figuring out how to fly the plane while we’re in the air,” he said. “We should have been doing it before takeoff.”
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As the United States inches closer to authorizing a Covid-19 many people may now let themselves start wondering what it will feel like to get it.
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Do not demonise. To optimise the vaccine rollout, all of us must show respect to those who are unsure about inoculations, says behavioural strategist Will Hanmer-Lloyd
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Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are based on an as-yet unapproved technology. So beyond this pandemic, how might these and similar vaccines protect us against other diseases?
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The vaccine has to be kept at temperatures four times lower than the average home freezer.
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The strategy for rolling out a Covid-19 vaccine might be undermined by older people’s immune systems.
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Getting a flu jab could help protect you from influenza, but how can it help in the fight against coronavirus?
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Smallpox used to kill millions. But a chance discovery led to the first vaccine, and a transformation in human health.
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Pacific Island nations have recently overcome hurdles to roll out vaccines to remote locations and win trust from sceptics. Experts say Australia could learn lessons from its neighbours when the time comes to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vaccines have been providing a kind of hidden, unintended protection for over a century. Now scientists are racing to find out how it works.
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Vaccine experts are warning the federal government against rushing out a coronavirus vaccine before testing has shown it's both safe and effective. Decades of history show why they're right.
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We cannot afford, morally or economically, to give any ground to those who choose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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“I am so disappointed and saddened that this happened,” a New York hospital executive wrote to his staff after workers who did not have priority cut the line for the vaccine.
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Former presidents Bush, Clinton and Obama have all said they'll get a Covid-19 vaccine publicly. David Perry reflects on a crucial 1956 moment when Elvis Presley got a polio vaccine on television; Perry argues we have an even greater need today for trusted public figures and celebrities from all walks of life to help normalize the Covid vaccine.
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Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.
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University of Sydney researchers are trialling patch-based technology that may one day be used for COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
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A vaccine that can withstand high temperatures could be a game changer in hot countries.
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For Heidi Larson, the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, dispelling vaccine hesitancy means building trust — and avoiding the term “anti-vaxxer.”
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Experts say the policy prompts people happy to vaccinate their children but doesn’t work on those who oppose vaccination science
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The group will vet the review of vaccines by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A vaccine has long been touted as our way out of this global coronavirus pandemic. What have previous vaccination campaigns looked like in Australia, and how might things go this time around?
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Mass vaccination sites are set to open across the city as the state government looks at upskilling health workers to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The decline in immunisations against some diseases is the first in nearly 30 years, the UN says.
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