News & Views ‘Creepy’ man dares woman to take off mask for $100,000 on flight A Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has been asking random people on flights in the U.S to remove their masks in exchange for money.
News & Views Do I or my child need a Japanese encephalitis vaccine? Until now, access to the vaccines has been limited. But that’s expected to change.
News & Views Dame Sarah Gilbert, co-creator of the AstraZeneca vaccine receives standing ovation at Wimbledon Dame Sarah Gilbert was reduced to tears when she was given a standing ovation on the opening night of Wimbledon.
News & Views Higher COVID-19 risks for pregnant women and their newborns A new study published last week from Oxford University has found higher COVID-19 risks for pregnant women and their newborns
News & Views Getting vaccine rollout back on track relies on women As the chief health decision makers in Australian families, the health literacy of women is critical to COVID-19 vaccine confidence.
News & Views Yeh, nah, maybe. When it comes to accepting the COVID vaccine, it’s Australia’s fence-sitters we should pay attention to In Australia, women, particularly those of childbearing age, were more likely to be unsure about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
News & Views “Insufficient evidence” to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women (RANZCOG is advising most pregnant women against COVID vaccine because of insufficient data and a low number of cases in Australia.
News & Views Even with a vaccine, we need to adjust our mindset to playing the COVID-19 long game With many more months of lockdowns, mask mandates and quarantining in our futures, we all need to manage our expectations.
News & Views 20 women who blazed a trail in STEM this year In 2020, women in the fields of STEM, climate advocacy and health have made their mark in unprecedented ways.
News & Views The women behind the approval of UK’s first COVID-19 vaccine Britain has become the first Western country to allow mass immunisations against COVID-19 when approved Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.
News & Views Dolly Parton made a massive COVID-19 vaccine donation. And it made a difference Parton’s contribution to Moderna’s experimental vaccine is showing promising signs of a cure, with new results proving positive.
News & Views Meet some of the women racing to find a COVID-19 vaccine Over 150 vaccines are in various stages of development around the world. Here are some of the women who are at leading the charge.