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    Tag: Indigenous health

    Revamped PBS rules for COVID-19 antiviral and MenB vax now in effect

    July 3, 2023

    Patients aged 50-59 with one chronic condition are now eligible for the COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir–ritonavir (Paxlovid) under the PBS. The PBAC recommended the expanded criteria…

    MenB vax catch-up program should be permanent: PBAC

    June 28, 2023

    The meningococcal B vaccination catch-up program for Indigenous children should become a permanent fixture on the NIP, the PBAC has recommended. Since 2020, the National Immunisation Program (NIP)…

    Dr Justin Hunter

    ‘I was armed with an F88 rifle and 9mm pistol’: A GP’s story

    April 25, 2023

    How Dr Justin Hunter's confronting experiences in Iraq led him into GP training.

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    Medical board pledges changes for cases involving Indigenous patients

    March 24, 2023

    Two or more Indigenous experts will be involved in all Medical Board of Australia notifications concerning Indigenous patients, AHPRA has announced.  The experts will be…

    Grattan Institute: Wealth, chronic disease and an early death

    February 17, 2023

    For the land of the fair go, Australia has work to do on our health. The average Australian’s life expectancy is very high. But Indigenous…

    Azithromycin no longer first line for chlamydia: new guidance

    February 16, 2023

    Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the correct special management regimens for complicated Mycoplasma genitalium infection. For the two combination treatment scenarios involving…

    Doctor referred to AHPRA for inadequate care of Aboriginal woman who died in custody

    January 31, 2023

    A Victorian coroner has criticised the care provided by a doctor to an Aboriginal woman who died in custody, finding her death could have been…

    Meet the public servant who helped guide you through the COVID-19 crisis

    December 15, 2022

    For almost three years, Dr Lucas de Toca has been the face of the primary care response to COVID-19. But before his role as a…

    ‘I ran outside. It wasn’t a seizure, it was death’: Dr Olivia Magno on her interesting weekend

    December 11, 2022

    Over the past decade, anyone asking Dr Olivia Magno about her day would be unlikely to hear her utter the word ‘relaxing’. Take the time she stayed…

    The obsession with strict professional boundaries fails both doctors and patients

    November 11, 2022

    Within a short time, I listened to an ABC Radio National program about how doctors communicate with Indigenous patients, and I completed an online module…

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