Progress made on long COVID diagnostic Australian researchers have made a tool they hope will eventually allow GPs to predict a patient’s likelihood of developing the condition.
‘Active approach’ aims to break the cycle of lower back pain GPs have been identified as crucial communicators of a new standard for treating the problem, which generates $4.8 billion in annual healthcare costs.
GPs to staff 50 ‘urgent care services’ in NSW and Victoria The bulk-billing clinics will be established near existing hospitals with the aim of easing pressure on overburdened emergency departments.
Australia records lowest ever HIV numbers Only 552 new cases were recorded in 2021, but there are ongoing concerns regarding late diagnoses, a new report shows.
ATAGI releases Novavax guidance for adolescents The new advice means adolescents aged 12–17 years will have another COVID-19 vaccine option from 5 September.
RACGP Presidential candidate Q&A All seven candidates have answered questions about their priorities, why they want to lead the college, and what separates them from other contenders.
What is ‘tomato flu?’ And should Australians be concerned about the new respiratory virus spreading rapidly among small children in India?
More evidence points to benefit of rural training New research has linked the amount of training time spent outside major cities with better odds of GPs working in rural and remote areas.
First country approves Moderna vaccine targeting Omicron The approval comes in the same week that Monash University was selected to house the first mRNA production facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mass exodus of aged care staff expected: Survey Half of the sector’s workers are reportedly planning to leave in the next three years due to low pay and stress, with 64,000 set to quit by June 2023.