AVS Position Statement on SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Australia – January 2021

News Release – COVID-19 pandemic and need for invest in medical research/ pandemic preparedness -Aug 2020

AVS letter to the ICTV  on binomial nomenclature for virus species – July 2020

AVS Letter to NHMRC – Re: Investigator Grants – August 2018

Australasian Medical Research and Clinical Societies applaud support of vaccination by University of Wollongong academics – January 2016

Australasian Medical Research Societies applaud Federal Government efforts to strengthen the nation’s vaccination programs – April 2015

Letter to NHMRC – Re: National Health and Medical Research Council findings on homeopathy – April 2014

News Release – Australasian Medical Research Societies call on Federal Government to implement promised changes to strengthen the childhood vaccination incentive program – March 2014

News Release – A very welcome agreement between the federal government and the opposition should help to increase vaccination rates and reduce the incidence of vaccine preventable diseases – August 2013

AVS in the News

Paul Young and Damian Purcell – Four Corners – Injection of Hope: the hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Monday 8th June 2020.

Gilda Tachedjian – 2019-nCoV Coronavirus outbreak and significance of being able to grow the virus in cell culture. Jan 29, 2020.  46 – 52.50 min

Gilda Tachedjian – Should virus-naming rules change during a pandemic? The question divides virologists

Brent Talks with Professor Nigel McMillan on the spread of the Coronavirus

Paul Young discusses the search for a coronavirus vaccine

Heidi Drummer “A man was reinfected with COVID-19. What does that mean for immunity”.

Paul Young. A vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19 just took a huge step forward

Nigel McMillan. Coronavirus expert warns outbreak is slowly invading Australia

Kirsty Short. How does coronavirus compare to Spanish flu? ABC news (1/3/20)

Greg Moseley and Stephen Turner. Commentary on coronavirus

Miguel Quinones-Mateu. “Growing the virus responsible for COVID-19”. Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, RNZ Radio, Syndicated across NZ Apr 7, 2020, New Zealand