How does Australia compare in the global fight against COVID-19? As worldwide cases surpass 27 million and deaths approach 900,000, Australia has experienced different levels of success in battling coronavirus.
Hay fever or COVID? GPs on alert as spring brings allergies Hay fever season is only weeks away, posing challenges for GPs when seeing patients with respiratory symptoms.
Further cases of PIMS-TS likely in Australia Though rare, it is possible more children may have developed the inflammatory syndrome.
Australia’s frontline healthcare workers likely to be first to receive COVID vaccine The key terms have been laid out for supply deals that could deliver Australia millions of vaccine doses as early as January 2021.
GPs in high COVID areas should get respirators fit-tested: Experts GPs have one of the lowest P2/N95 fit-testing rates among Australian healthcare workers, with new research indicating it may be less than 5%.
More than eight-in-10 symptomatic people not getting tested A Monash University survey has found while compliance with COVID-safe behaviours is high, messaging around testing is still not getting through.
Corticosteroids confirmed to help severely ill coronavirus patients But there are warnings that they are not indicated for use on less sick patients, and may even be harmful at that stage of illness.
Parliamentary inquiry calls for telehealth extension A Senate Select Committee has agreed with the RACGP’s recommendation for telehealth to become a permanent feature of the healthcare system.
GPs call for clarity over recovered COVID patients in aged care COVID survivors are now returning from hospital to aged care, but mixed messages could be compromising care.
Go to the market: Government-supplied PPE for GPs a ‘fallback’ Frontline GPs should largely rely on commercial supplies for their own essential personal protective equipment, governments have confirmed.