Why it’s better to give simultaneous COVID-19 and flu vaccines in different arms: Aussie study
When patients front up for their COVID-19 booster and influenza vaccine on the same day, should GPs recommend they put forward one arm or two? …
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Smallpox could rise again, says bioterrorism expert Professor Raina MacIntyre
My interest in smallpox started in 2006 when I was on a committee that had to plan for potential biological warfare or terrorism. Bacteria and…
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Free speech. Hate speech. Cancelled speech. Who has the right to speak? Can doctors who have never been involved in the research or use of…
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…
The tragedy of baby Robbie: We need to talk about meningococcal B
Every doctor has patients they can’t forget. Sometimes, they are not even our own patients. But for all kinds of reasons, their stories stay with…
Measles outbreak reaches 13 cases including local transmission in a waiting room
Doctors are being encouraged to give masks to patients with fever and rash amid a measles cluster that has hit 13 cases, including four locally…
‘I’m going to hang in until RFK Jr fires me’: Famed US specialist talks to AusDoc about working in Trump’s America
“It is slash and burn for public health,” says Dr Paul Offit. Earlier this year, the rotavirus vaccine co-inventor had been preparing for the annual…
Reaping what RFK Jr helped to sow? Measles is back in the US
There is irony of a dark kind in the fact that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment as US health secretary comes at a time when…
What the largest Australian case series on vaccine-associated myocarditis foundÂ
Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccination mainly affects men aged 24 or younger and tends to be mild, according to the largest case series reported in…
A GP guide to reducing rabies risk
Need to know: How to best advise travellers on rabies risk was a hot topic at the 2024 Southern Cross Travel Medicine Conference, held in…
