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“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…
A respiratory physician has lost a defamation claim over a targeted campaign of negative reviews after a court found insufficient evidence that the reviews had…
COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir-ritonavir cuts neither hospitalisations nor deaths among vaccinated older adults, a US-Canadian study has suggested. However, Australian experts say the ‘natural experiment’ study…
The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…
Last December, endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw discovered that an AI deepfake version of himself was calling doctors “idiots” for treating diabetes with metformin. He struggled…
“A non-medical colleague contacted me recently to ask whether his son doing a school exam could have a Ritalin prescription.” “He said his son tried…
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has responded to GP criticism that he should have funded rebates over bulk-billing incentives, saying he could…
Most Aussies say ‘prawn’ not ‘shrimp’, but they still recognise shrimp’s meaning in the seafood context — how many will recognise the context of ‘shrimp…
Sydney urological surgeon Dr Amanda Chung was cautious when the first patient asked her to prescribe an unapproved vaccine for recurrent UTIs. Nowadays she is…
Assessments with one month of notice or an extended accreditation cycle with at least one mid-cycle review are the two main options in a proposed…
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