The Australian healthcare system is facing a crisis due to a shortage of general practitioners (GPs) and increasing pressure on both primary and secondary care services. In response, the RACGP is urging the Federal Government to provide support to international medical graduates (IMGs). The President of the College, Dr. Nicole Higgins, has emphasized that the […]

The Australian government has accepted the recommendation of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (Atagi) and will offer a fifth Covid vaccine dose to all Australian adults who have not received a booster or had a confirmed case of Covid-19 in the past six months. Eligible individuals will be able to receive the additional

Australia’s fourth Covid wave is likely to peak before Christmas as the rate of hospitalisations and infections begin to slow down. Although cases still continues to rise nationwide for the sixth consecutive weeks, it is now at a slower rate. This suggests to reach a plateau in cases by the first week of December and

An article from a research team has urged that up to 750,000 individuals across Australia might be in danger of exposure to Japanese Encephalitis (JEV) via mathematical modeling. Thus far, in 2022, there are already thirty one confirmed human cases and 6 deaths. JEV is maintained in wild birds and is spread by mosquitoes between these hosts and animals such as pigs, humans and horses. The virus

The National Cabinet met on 31 August 2022 and agreed to reduce isolation periods from seven to five days for the wider community. This change in isolation requirements only applies to people with no symptoms at five days and the seven day isolation period remains for workers in high-risk settings such as the aged care

At the time of writing this article, forty-two cases of monkeypox have now been identified in NSW residents. One case is confirmed to have acquired the infection in NSW, while two other cases acquired their infection within Australia. NSW Health Executive Director of Health Protection Dr Richard Broome said the recently diagnosed case highlights the

Hospitals across the country are “bursting at the seams” as the number of people being admitted with Covid-19 reaches record levels in several states across Australia. The current wave, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, has coincided with a “horrendous” hospitalisation rate from influenza. Hospitals in Victoria and Queensland this week confirmed they

The identification of monkeypox, a rare smallpox-like illness, in several different countries over the past few weeks has attracted a large amount of attention. On 20th May 2022, the first monkeypox case was reported in Sydney in a man in his 40s who had recently returned from Europe. According to NSW Health, it was a GP

Australia has fared better than many countries throughout much of the pandemic, but despite high vaccination rates and the availability of antiviral treatments, people are still dying every day and case numbers are rising. Vaccination means few people are becoming significantly unwell, but the virus can still take a toll, and ongoing outbreaks mean health