No legal risk for GPs administering AstraZeneca vaccine: Health Minister Greg Hunt has moved to reassure practitioners amid reports GPs stopped offering AstraZeneca to under-50s following recent ATAGI recommendations.
COVID vaccine rollout ‘a sign of how far we’ve come’ Dr Karen Price has a message for Australia’s GPs as they embark upon one of the most important and challenging journeys in general practice history.
TGA to provide further clarity on vaccine advertising guidelines The move comes after a request from RACGP President Dr Karen Price.
Urgent calls for clarity over responsibility for COVID vaccine aftercare in aged care GPs say there are unanswered questions regarding who has oversight of any potential long term side effects related to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
‘A marvel of science’: This doctor gave the COVID shot to the PM – and then to a GP What does it feel like to give someone a coronavirus vaccine? Dr Jesse Li can tell you.
Global COVID vaccination drive shows promise as Australian rollout begins With more than 205 million doses administered worldwide, Australia now has access to invaluable real-world data.
Could a GP-led mass vaccination hub in Victoria set a national template? Grandstands around the country could be used to ramp up Australia’s COVID vaccine drive, following collaborative RACGP advocacy.
Questions over timing as 201 GPs sent ‘please explain’ letter on anaesthetics billing Is now the right time for a new compliance letter as Australia’s GPs prepare for their role in the COVID vaccination push? GPs say no.
Global testing rates for world’s greatest killer fall 64% during the pandemic Nearly 18 million people died from cardiovascular disease over the past 12 months, around nine times as many as COVID. Due to the testing drop, experts predict that will only get worse.
How important are COVID vaccine efficacy rates? Experts weigh in on whether greater investment in candidates with a higher efficacy rate would actually provide greater promise of elimination.