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Low hormone levels linked to weaker vaccine antibody response

Federal

New research has found that a metabolic hormone known as leptin is linked to a poor vaccine antibody response for influenza and hepatitis B vaccines.

Pharmacists ask why access to government-funded flu shot varies among states

By Melissa Coade

Federal

The PSA is calling for national uniformity under the National Immunisation Program when it comes to accessing vaccines in pharmacies.

This isn’t the first global pandemic, and it won’t be the last. Here’s what we’ve learned from four others throughout history

By David Griffin & Justin Denholm

Economy & Industry

The course of human history has been shaped by infectious diseases, and the current crisis certainly won’t be the last time. However, we can capitalise…

How Australia’s response to the Spanish flu of 1919 sounds warnings on dealing with coronavirus

By Frank Bongiorno

Editors' Picks

Most Australians — Indigenous people under the protection acts were an exception — have long taken for granted their right to cross state borders. They…

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Low hormone levels linked to weaker vaccine antibody response

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Pharmacists ask why access to government-funded flu shot varies among states

This isn’t the first global pandemic, and it won’t be the last. Here’s what we’ve learned from four others throughout history

How Australia’s response to the Spanish flu of 1919 sounds warnings on dealing with coronavirus