How a tick bite on a scrotum caused a two-month diagnostic dilemma: case
A tick bite on a US man’s scrotum led doctors down a diagnostic rabbit hole that eventually resulted in the second human diagnosis of babesiosis…
Tag: Environmental
Don’t blame inhalers! Medicine’s real sources of greenhouse gas emissions
Laundry, catering and even outsourced accounting services are among the top 10 contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the health system, according to analysis led…
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is a threat to our patients’ health
Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s scheme to build seven nuclear reactors has raised concerns about the high cost, the ongoing excess atmospheric carbon as we wait…
‘We haven’t seen anything like this’: Melioidosis deaths surge in wake of floods
Deaths from an unprecedented outbreak of melioidosis have climbed to 12 in recently flood-hit areas of north Queensland. In the past week alone, 25 new…
Add Buruli ulcer to nationally notifiable disease list, experts say in updated guidance
Buruli ulcer should be a nationally notifiable disease amid increasing cases and spread to non-endemic parts of Australia, according to the authors of new management…
‘For a non-stick frying pan, it’s not worth it’: GP on the lives being lost in Wreck Bay Village
Wreck Bay Village is home to a small community. The population is around 300 but according to its one-time GP, lives are being lost to…
Scientists puzzled after human JEV cases emerge in two states
The first human case of Japanese encephalitis has been reported in Australia, 18 months after the virus was declared not a major health threat. The…
Environmentalist GP speaks to AusDoc from his prison cell: ‘I have a job pushing the bins around’
GP Dr Patrick Hart has started his year in Chelmsford Prison after being convicted in a British court for causing criminal damage while protesting for…
‘I regret nothing’: GP jailed for a year after climate change protest at petrol station
A GP in the UK has been jailed for a year after attacking a petrol station in protest against the fossil fuel industry and its…
Medical Must-See: Trapped finger points to rare Buruli ulcer diagnosis
An elderly man who trapped his finger in a folding chair has become one of the first cases of locally acquired Buruli ulcer in southern…
