17 Feb 2023
MDMA use linked to music festival-related hospital admissions
NSW Health is alerting the public to the risks of MDMA (ecstasy) use, after a number of patients were admitted to hospital following attendance at a music festival in Sydney on Saturday 11 February 2023.
17 Feb 2023
Win for health and medical research in NSW with international partnership
NSW has partnered with one of the world’s leading hospitals, Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre, strengthening the state’s future as a global centre of excellence in health and medical research innovation.
17 Feb 2023
Measles alert for plane passengers
NSW Health is urging passengers on two flights and those who spent time in Sydney International and Domestic Airports on Wednesday 15 February to be alert for signs and symptoms of measles after an ACT resident who flew into Sydney was diagnosed with the illness
17 Feb 2023
LGBTIQA+ Lung Health Community of Practice Launched
We are seeking motivated members of the LGBTIQA+ community and allies to create a national LGBTIQA+ Lung Health Community of Practice. Together we will create a road map to support lung health for the community.
17 Feb 2023
New resource to help GPs manage patients with dementia
A newly launched advice service offers clinicians direct email access to psychogeriatricians and geriatricians.
17 Feb 2023
Past COVID infection protects against severe disease: Study
A previous bout of COVID-19 reportedly offers the same protection from hospitalisation and death after re-infection as two mRNA vaccinations.
17 Feb 2023
RACGP to advocate for more support at long COVID inquiry
There has been an ‘ignored urgency’ to provide better post-viral illness care in Australia, college representative Professor Mark Morgan will argue.
16 Feb 2023
Semaglutide supplies return to Australia ahead of schedule
Limited quantities of the medication will be available from late next week, the TGA has said, but GPs have been asked to not prescribe it off-label.
16 Feb 2023
RACGP backs NACCHO’s pharmacy concerns
Both organisations warn that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s care will be compromised by pharmacist prescribers.
16 Feb 2023
‘A cultural issue’: Minister calls for attitude shift to general practice
‘We’ve got to get away from this idea that general practice is somehow a B grade,’ the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister has said.