A new “curve ball” sub-variant of Coronavirus sweeping the globe has now become the dominant strain in Perth, the latest wastewater sampling data has revealed.
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This increase in community transmission is linked to a new variant, JN.1 which is causing similar impacts internationally. During this time, it is especially important that those at greatest risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 are protected against catching COVID-19 – this includes people aged 65 and above, people with a disability or chronic medical condition and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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The caution comes as an Adelaide grandmother pleads for people to take heed and check their vaccination status, after losing her only grandson to the illness when he was just four weeks old.
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Cases jumped by 18 per cent to an estimated 9 million, and deaths to 136,000, mostly among children, the health agencies said in a joint statement on Thursday.
There were large or disruptive outbreaks in 37 countries last year, the majority in Africa, compared to 22 in 2021.
"The increase in measles outbreaks and deaths is staggering, but unfortunately, not unexpected given the declining vaccination rates we've seen in the past few years," CDC global immunisation division director John Vertefeuille said.
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For eight years, tears marked Kaya's birthdays. Meningitis altered her life forever, but resilience, love, and determination painted a vibrant new journey.
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Milestone days are always the toughest and yesterday was emotionally challenging.
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Several babies in Western Australia have been infected by measles after a “non-vaccinating” family brought the preventable disease back from Bali.
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Identical twins Gabrielle and Jasmine were delivered on Christmas Eve 2002. Their long term survival was questionable from day one.
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Catherine Hughes expressed her recent joy on the news that her home state of Western Australia can now boast one of the highest rates of vaccination in the world.
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South Australia’s health minister, Mr Jack Snelling is proposing a law to give childcare centres the power to refuse unvaccinated children.
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Greg and Catherine Hughs have taken part in a story on 7’s ‘Sunday Night‘ program this weekend to raise awareness about whooping cough and vaccination.
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My daughter was just 3 weeks old when she had a runny nose and sneeze, with mildly not wanting feeds as much.
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We congratulate Catherine on making the semi-finalist of the 2016 Australian Women’s Weekly Women of the Future Award.
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On Tuesday 25th August Jazmyn was a bright bubbly happy little girl, but at 10pm that night things took a turn in a direction that no one could have seen coming.
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Pertussis (or whooping cough) is extremely contagious which is why it is so important to understand how you as a parent, can protect yourself and your child from this potentially fatal disease.
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In September 2015, my 5 month old Fern had a cold. We went to the doctors a few times within a 3 week period and I was told she had asthma, then bronchitis.
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Our message of immunisation to protect babies and expectant mother’s continues this weekend as our Light For Riley stand takes prime position at the Sydney Pregnancy Babies and Children’s Expo
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Today we are happy to announce that pregnancy vaccination against whooping cough may now become a permanent and standard feature of the Australian Immunisation Schedule, IF the recently lodged application to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) is successful.
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I’ve just had my flu shot – that’s half of my pregnancy vaccinations complete.
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A brave Gold Coast mother speaks out about her baby daughter Eva who has been hospitalised for weeks with whooping cough, and talks about her heartbreaking regrets in her decision to reject the whooping cough vaccine during her pregnancy.
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