COVID-19
Poll: Did you experience burnout during the pandemic?
Are you a pharmacist who was affected by the pandemic, or was it “business as usual” for you? The AJP recently covered an Australian study that explored contrasting experiences of …
‘There has been no recovery, no reprieve.’
Community pharmacists at higher risk of burnout with increased workload and overtime work, rude patients, emotional exhaustion and lack of PPE, study finds An Australian study has explored contrasting experiences …
World news wrapup: 18 November 2022
UK pharmacies in dire straits; pharmacy students wrongly told they failed exams; alleged cough syrup illegal dispensing scheme England, UK: The Daily Mail has reported on the potential for up …
Second bivalent booster gets go-ahead
Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia, with clinical results showing “superior” response against Omicron strain compared to its original vaccine The TGA has provisionally approved Pfizer’s bivalent …
NSW Health Minister announces retirement
The minister was “front and centre” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic NSW Minister for Health and member for Wakehurst Brad Hazzard has announced he will retire from politics …
The week in review
Hospital pharmacy issues come to the fore, as the Queensland scope pilot is announced and Chemist Warehouse speaks out on possible free scripts There was big news from Queensland this …
mRNA death to be investigated by coroner
Existing warning about myocarditis to be strengthened after first official Australian death from an mRNA jab The TGA convened an external expert group after a young woman in her 20s …
Is long COVID common?
Global study estimates how many people who got COVID-19 experienced at least one long COVID symptom, with two groups found to be at higher risk International researchers have used computer …
If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic…
… then it’s time to think again, write C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney; Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute; and Nancy Baxter, the University of Melbourne COVID is an exceptional disease and …
Can we solve the Covid booster shortfall?
Millions of Australians still haven’t had their COVID boosters. What message could convince them now? The Halton independent review of Australia’s COVID vaccine and treatment procurement has been handed to the …
Australia ‘not yet COVID-stable’: review
Availability of vaccines and treatments will continue to play a key role in 2023 and 2024 due to uncertainty over future COVID variants, independent report finds A need to mitigate …
I’ve had COVID and am constantly getting colds…
Did COVID harm my immune system? Am I now at risk of other infectious diseases? Lara Herrero from Griffith University investigates So you’ve had COVID and have now recovered. You …