The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty) has been provisionally approved for use by New Zealand’s medicines regulator. Medsafe has placed 58 conditions on […]
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COVID-19 vaccine portfolio rounded out – Expert Reaction + Graphic
Border workers are expected to be the first group vaccinated for COVID-19 by winter, as enough jabs are pre-purchased to […]
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First-off-the-block COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing
The Science Media Centre led an online briefing about promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and […]
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Top Ten Science Stories of 2020
2020 has been one of the most challenging years for scientists and journalists in recent history, as researchers and media […]
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Latest developments in COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing
The SMC led an online media briefing about the recent progress in vaccine development for COVID-19. Professor David Murdoch, University […]
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Global vaccine confidence study – Expert Reaction
International research shows New Zealanders’ attitudes towards vaccines were relatively stable in the years before the pandemic. The new study, published in The Lancet, maps […]
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Promising COVID-19 vaccine results – Expert Reaction
Two COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prompt an immune response, which may prevent COVID-19, in humans. The results are from the University […]
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No vaccine and autism link, even in kids with risk factors for autism – Expert Reaction
Danish researchers have found further evidence the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination does not increase the risk for autism. […]
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Samoa pulls MMR vaccine following two deaths – Expert Reaction
The Samoan Government has seized supplies of the MMR vaccine following the deaths of two children. Reports suggest two children, […]
Continue readingEuropean Court of Justice ruling on vaccines – Expert Reaction
The European Court of Justice has ruled that national courts can decide that vaccines can cause adverse reactions, even in […]
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