This information is accurate as of 03/6/2026. Please refer back to the website to ensure all reference information is current and up-to-date.

News

November 27, 2025

Statement on autism and vaccines

November 20, 2025

Gavi: Study reveals the heavy emotional toll of having a baby hospitalised with RSV

November 20, 2025

Protecting Victorians From Mosquito-Borne Diseases

November 20, 2025

Vaccine X: Open Access in 2025: supporting the publication of readily accessible, ‘peer reviewed’ immunization science has never been more important

November 20, 2025

BBC: Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to follow

November 20, 2025

Immunisation Coalition: 27th Annual Scientific Meeting

November 11, 2025

CDIC 2026: Call for abstracts

November 5, 2025

NCIRS: Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2024

November 5, 2025

The New York Times: Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

November 5, 2025

Australian Immunisation Handbook: Recent updates

October 23, 2025

SBS: ‘Concerning’ or a sign of ‘good things’? What Australia’s flu record means

October 23, 2025

Victorian Department of Health: Local mpox transmission in Melbourne

October 23, 2025

Survey: Understanding how non-scheduled and additional vaccines are administered in practice

October 23, 2025

Unbiased Science: Dying on Bradford’s Hill: The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s Favorite Epidemiology Trick

October 23, 2025

WHO: Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

October 23, 2025

Measles reminder and alerts

October 23, 2025

ATAGI: Annual Statement on Immunisation 2025

October 16, 2025

TGA: AIVC recommendations for the composition of influenza vaccines for Australia in 2026

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About MVEC

The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is an educational website, developed with the aim of providing up-to-date immunisation information for both healthcare professionals and members of the public. We are based at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), a research organisation, and are affiliated with SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community), the Victorian Vaccine Safety Service.

Latest news

May 21, 2026

Australian Immunisation Handbook: RSV chapter updated
May 21, 2026

Western Australia: Free RSV program expanded to protect at-risk over 50s
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