US vaccine expert speaks to AusDoc about being sacked by RFK Jr
Professor Noel Brewer realised that Robert Kennedy Jr had fired him when he read the news. “None of us were expecting this could happen,” said…
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Gilead chases TGA approval for twice-a-year HIV PrEP injection after FDA says yes
The US drug watchdog has approved a world-first biannual HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis injection, and the manufacturer has already lodged a TGA application. Gilead’s HIV-1 capsid…
Australia is being menaced by managed care: We’d be foolish to ignore the warning signs
They say everything is bigger in America — cars, coffee cups, and, as I recently saw firsthand, corporate control over healthcare. The US health system…
Woman dies after using non-boiled motorhome tap water for nasal flush: case report
A woman has died of a brain infection after performing nasal irrigation using water taken directly from her motorhome’s tap, US investigators report. The 71-year-old woman…
Insulin, T-cell receptors and child-proof medicine bottles: Why Trump needs to keep his hands off Canada
My love affair with Canada began well before Canada’s sovereignty was threatened, or I had a Canadian son-in-law and an Australian-Canadian grandson and daughter. It began on…
Neurologists discover cluster of mystery brain illnesses not so mysterious: report
A mystery illness said to have caused dozens of deaths in one Canadian province has turned out to be not such a mystery after all,…
Greed, immorality and the big US healthcare scam — Dr Glaucomflecken’s warning to Aussie doctors
“If you’re thinking about making a change to your healthcare system, before you make that decision, ask yourself one question first.” “Does America do that…
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…
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…
Man busted for working as a doctor despite no medical training to head Trump’s review of debunked vaccine-autism link
A vaccine skeptic who was sanctioned after practising medicine despite having no medical qualifications is expected to lead the US review into possible links between…
