vaccination
Australia shivers through severe flu season
Experts have called for greater access to and takeup of flu vaccination, as Australia endures a likely record-breaking season But this doesn’t extend to pharmacies being able to vaccinate children …
Campaign targets parents with vaccine facts
The Turnbull Government has launched a “Get the Facts about Immunisation” campaign to encourage childhood vaccination In launching the campaign, Health Minister Greg Hunt said that the Government knows parents …
Travel health in the pharmacy
AJP speaks with the owners of a travel destination pharmacy, who share their most commonly encountered concerns and recommended items New research shows that Australian travellers are losing holiday time …
Flu on the rise
The severity of this year’s flu season can’t be written off as just an increase in reporting, an expert says According to Department of Health and Ageing statistics, there have …
Meningitis support for WA expanded vaccines
The launch of a new campaign to encourage meningococcal vaccination has lent support to WA pharmacy’s bid to expand its vaccination service Meningitis Centre Australia has launched a new campaign …
Govt prepares for pandemics, bioterrorism
Millions in funding to go towards detecting high-risk contagious diseases and biological agents of security concern The federal government is allocating $27 million towards the planning and response for a …
At-risk travellers prioritise insurance over vaccinations
New research has found Australians still aren’t aware of the health risks of travel – even when they visit an “at-risk” destination Researchers commissioned by Sanofi Pasteur surveyed 1,042 “at-risk” …
World news wrapup: 13 July 2017
30 years for killing New Jersey pharmacist; NZ keeps codeine status quo; fake Fentanyl in Ontario Trenton, New Jersey: A man who shot and killed a New Jersey pharmacist has …
Free catch-up vaccines across Australia
Starting this month, free childhood vaccinations will be provided to all young people as well as refugees of any age The government has announced it is expanding the National Immunisation …
Sanofi reassures on vaccine availability
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has confirmed that it does have stock of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis A/Typhoid combination vaccines available in Australia The announcement follows recent media …
Meningococcal B vaccine may protect against gonorrhoea
With some strains of the common STI now resistant to all available drugs, the discovery provides new hope for a vaccine A retrospective case-control study of more than 14,000 New …
The week in review
Pharmacists could be forgiven for having an identity crisis this week, after a slew of analogies were used to criticise the sector First, pharmacists’ scope of practice was compared to …