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Vaccination rates among Australian teens are dropping. Here's how we can get back on track

Dec 11, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Archana Koirala |Bianca F. Middleton |Fiona Russell |Katrina Clark |Sophie Wen

Australia has a successful adolescent immunization program, routinely achieving high vaccine coverage for teenagers. However, recent data shows the number of Australian teens receiving the recommended vaccines for their age group has fallen over three years during the COVID pandemic. So how much have adolescent vaccination rates dropped, and why might this be? And how can we get back on track?
Vaccination rates among Australian teens are dropping. Here’s how we can get back on track

Dec 10, 2024 | theconversation.com | Archana Koirala |Bianca F. Middleton |Fiona Russell |Katrina Clark |Sophie Wen

Archana Koirala is the chair of Vaccination Special Interest Group of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases. Bianca Middleton is a member of Vaccination Special Interest Group of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases. She is an investigator on several research studies funded by NHMRC, and also an investigator on an industry-sponsored clinical vaccine trial. She does not receive any direct funding from industry.
NDP promises to hire more home care workers

Sep 11, 2023 | brandonsun.com | Katrina Clark

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s NDP is promising to hire 100 new home care workers and offer financial incentives to workers if the party is elected in October. Party Leader Wab Kinew made the announcement at a community centre in St. Boniface packed with seniors and home care workers Sunday afternoon. “More home care workers will mean no more cancelled appointments,” Kinew told the dozens of people gathered. “It will mean no more shortened visits.
Second child attacked by coyote in Winnipeg

Jul 3, 2023 | brandonsun.com | Katrina Clark

WINNIPEG — Residents in a North Kildonan neighbourhood are on edge after learning of a second coyote attack in the area involving a child. In a Sunday release, Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development said a four-year-old child was attacked by a coyote in the Headmaster Row area of North Kildonan in the evening on June 30. The child was taken to hospital where they were treated for undisclosed injuries and later released.