Will COVID vaccines need to be updated to beat new variants? Vaccine makers are gearing up for a new challenge: providing coverage against the multiple variants replacing the original coronavirus strain.
Four things about mRNA vaccines researchers still want to find out At the top of the list is discovering a way to make them more stable at higher temperatures.
Study finds rural and regional women need more support to breastfeed A higher body mass index and low socio-economic background were among the risk factors identified for lower initiation rates.
‘Remarkable’ primary care response to COVID proves invaluable GPs have played an integral role in Australia’s response to COVID-19, a new study featured in AJGP has found.
Study identifies four main comorbidities associated with COVID deaths Coronavirus patients with cancer, chronic kidney disease, diabetes or hypertension were found to be most at risk of death.
Fractures can be deadly. Why is preventive action rare? What’s your skeletal age? It may well be much older than your date of birth – especially if you have osteoporosis or a fracture.
World-first study links social health with dementia The benefits of social wellbeing are an ‘often neglected’ intervention for people with neurocognitive disorders.
Gestational diabetes an independent risk factor for heart disease Experts say the presence of gestational diabetes alone is a ‘red flag’ that warrants cardiac follow-up.
Calls to prioritise $3 billion health problem Osteoporosis Australia has rebranded to raise further awareness about bone health and the need to prevent the ‘silent disease’.
Vaccine’s reduced efficacy against COVID variant ‘worrying’ South Africa has paused its rollout of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. What does this mean for Australia?