COVID-19: Huge numbers of residents infected in Victorian aged care facilities

Nearly 800 residents in Victorian residential aged care facilities (RACFs) have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the state’s total number of cases to 9,049.

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea are two of the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) globally.

The new FIP President

Paul Sinclair MPS has become the first Australia International Pharmaceutical Federation President, his duties starting early this month.

Safety syringe wins Pharmacy Shark Tank

A three-pronged safety system aimed at cutting errors in medicine dosing in hospital settings has won the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18. Professor Lyndal Trevena...

Clinical and consultant pharmacist Susanne Weress

Susanne Weress’s pharmacy career has taken her from Sydney to London, Singapore to Sri Lanka and Kenya to Kyrgyzstan. Bookending that incredible journey has...

COPD ‘under-recognised’ and ‘under-treated’ in Australia

Chronic obstructive lung disease is the fifth leading cause of death in Australia, but studies show about half of people living with symptoms don’t know they have the condition.