Australia’s youngest next to receive COVID-19 vaccine

With the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years given the green light in the United States, Moderna’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Paul Burton expects the infant vaccine to roll out in Australia next month.

Real-time prescription monitoring for Victoria

In a landmark decision, Victoria’s Parliament has passed new legislation allowing for a new real-time prescription monitoring system – making it the first state...

Night moves

Dimitra Tsucalas FPS, co-owner of Ascot Vale Supercare Pharmacy, has seen it all. From late-night triage, shift workers, opioid seekers and everything in between,...

The role of the pharmacist in motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease (MND) is a group of progressive, degenerative disorders of the motor neurones. Multidisciplinary care of patients is required as the disease progresses.

The business of pharmacy: tensions in retail healthcare

Researchers in New Zealand have explored the perceived tension in pharmacy between their roles as retailers and healthcare providers, and how such tension is...

Pharmacists honoured at annual awards

Pharmacists in Queensland and Tasmania have been recognised for their contributions to the health of the community, with awards presented at two events at...