Why would any doctor infected with measles open a clinic at the epicentre of an outbreak?
We reported on Tuesday that a doctor described by Robert F Kennedy Jr as an “extraordinary healer” turned up to work at a makeshift clinic…
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Anthony Albanese ‘stakes his prime ministership’ on GPs bulk-billing more
Asked if he would stake his prime ministership on increasing GP bulk-billing, Anthony Albanese has committed “absolutely”. Nine political editor Charles Croucher laid down the…
The news today? Palliative care doctor accused of ‘lust for murder’ and ping-pong benefits for Parkinson’s disease
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and…
‘Always gotta bury the body’: Surgeon self-reports to AHPRA after trashing Dr Monique Ryan’s election poster
A surgeon says he was joking when he was filmed tearing down an election sign of MP Dr Monique Ryan and then stomping on it, telling viewers…
GPs who universally bulk-bill will earn $404,000 a year under new incentives, Mark Butler claims
Bulk-billing incentives for non-concession card holders will mean GPs at universally bulk-billing city practices will take home $403,805 a year, $5000 more than mixed billing GPs, the…
Groundbreaking research could lead to fewer endarterectomies
Most patients with carotid stenosis of 50% or more at low to medium risk of further stroke could be spared from revascularisation, a groundbreaking study…
Video shows doctor with measles treating children in US outbreak
A doctor treating children in a measles outbreak has appeared in a video with a measles rash on his face days before the Trump administration…
‘I left medicine, I stepped away, I became a comedian’: Adam Kay on the bad day that changed his life
Adam Kay is a former obstetric registrar who walked away from medicine after a “bad day at work”, one of those days that was so…
Government apologises to journalists for false chemo claims… oncologists still waiting
The NSW Government has apologised to the media for falsely declaring that 468 chemotherapy sessions had been cancelled as a result of the strike by…
Federal Government offers $3.8m bailout to save bulk-billing GP practice
The high-profile Canberra practice placed in voluntary administration two weeks ago will reopen, at least in the short term, under a deal with an unnamed private operator.…
