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A state government adds skin conditions to pharmacists’ scope as part of prescribing trial  Pharmacists will soon be able to treat shingles and mild plaque psoriasis, under Victoria’s Community Pharmacist …

Shingles vaccines are to be available through the National Immunisation Program, including through community pharmacies Health minister Mark Butler has advised the public to ask their pharmacist or GP about …

Pharmacists can have a significant role to play in helping people manage shingles, writes Louis Roller Shingles (also known as herpes zoster) is a viral infection caused by a reactivation of the varicella-zoster …

A campaign aims to make Australians shingles-aware — and one group says pharmacists could help. A new campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the signs, symptoms and risk …

Warning issued after the death of an immuno-compromised patient following Zostavax administration   The Therapeutic Goods Administration has reiterated previous warnings about administering the Zostavax shingles vaccine to patients with immune …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Treatment options for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is the most common form of secondary osteoporosis. It develops in a dose and …

Many Australians are missing out on the chance to be vaccinated against shingles – and one group says pharmacists could help While a new, more efficacious non-live vaccine against the …

Those aged 70-79 can now freely access the vaccine, which aims to protect against shingles and related neuropathic pain From 1 November, Australia’s only vaccine to protect against shingles and …

A new shingles vaccine has proven almost completely effective in preventing the condition, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research shows that the vaccine, …