‘Quite incredible’: Australia’s first monkeypox case spotted by GP Health professionals should be vigilant, officials say, after the first likely cases of the virus were found in this country.
Flu jab ‘helped workers avoid COVID-19’: Study A new pre-print article looking at healthworkers in Qatar suggests those who had a flu jab stood a much better chance of dodging severe COVID-19.
What do rising COVID-19 case numbers mean for GPs? Cases and deaths are many times the amount modelled ahead of Australia’s re-opening – although there has been surprisingly little discussion.
COVID-19 advice translated into 15 languages Information is now available through healthdirect in a variety of commonly spoken languages covering multiple aspects of managing the disease.
GP respiratory clinic reaches huge vaccination milestone Doctors and nurses at a Perth clinic have administered an extraordinary amount of doses since the COVID-19 vaccine rollout began.
Is it time for the post-vaccine wait to go? The 15-minute observation window has already been scrapped in the UK, and now one GP is asking whether it is time for Australia to do the same.
WA Government expands community pharmacy vaccination The RACGP has questioned whether there is evidence to support the policy shift, warning the decision could have unintended consequences.
Decline in Australia’s COVID vaccine donations as wastage soars Untold numbers of Australian COVID-19 vaccines are ending up in the bin, when they could be going into the arms of the world’s most vulnerable.
ATAGI issues advice on sedation for COVID-19 vaccination The advice, which is intended to be ‘general in nature’, was discussed at the advisory group’s most recent meeting.
TGA releases vaccine-related myocarditis severity details Fewer than 1% of all likely myocarditis or pericarditis cases linked to mRNA vaccines in Australia have been treated in intensive care.