Elderly patients with respiratory syncytial virus are less likely to be hospitalised if they are vaccinated, the first US post-marketing study shows. The real-world data…
Half of patients with mpox during the latest outbreak have received one or two vaccine doses, according to a sexual health physician who is also…
A leading infectious diseases specialist has urged GPs to prescribe nirmatrelvir–ritonavir more readily for patients in aged care facilities, who are still dying of COVID-19…
An Australian man’s sandfly bite in Greece two years previously triggered a diagnostic dilemma culminating in a rare diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis, Melbourne doctors report.…
Monthly shingles vaccinations have soared from 30,000 to 200,000 since the National Immunisation Program replaced the live-attenuated Zostavax with recombinant vaccine Shingrix, data show. Until…
Edie, an eight-year-old girl, is seen via telehealth consultation with 24 hours of bilateral calf pain and disturbed gait, worsening despite regular paracetamol administration. Test…
Australian doctors have reported the first death from tetanus in NSW in over three decades, while stressing the importance of older patients staying up to…
Australian doctors have diagnosed treatment-resistant tinea in refugees from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, raising concerns that cases are slipping under the radar. One patient, aged…
A scabies outbreak has spread to four NSW hospitals, with dozens of health staff infected amid a national shortage of treatments for the infection. The…
Adults who have received an indicated varicella vaccine should be eligible for the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shringrix, according to ATAGI. The Australian Immunisation Handbook…
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