Vaccination advice for monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

Vaccination will be paramount to curb the spread of monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis in Australia, delegates at the VIC/TAS Annual Therapeutic Update 2022 heard.

Pharmacist advice needed in the use of MR paracetamol

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made an interim decision to upschedule modified release (MR) paracetamol tablets from 1 October 2019 due to safety...

Government shifts focus of COVID-19 battle

As COVID-19 cases continue to grow in New South Wales and Queensland, with 233 locally acquired cases confirmed today, vaccination is under ever-increasing focus.

Providing healthcare for the transgender and gender diverse

Case Scenario Miley (she/her), a 21-year-old assigned male at birth, visits your pharmacy to fill a prescription for estradiol 2 mg tablets. She has transitioned...

Your top questions on COVID-19 vaccinations answered

In a new monthly series, Australian Pharmacist will speak to the experts and answer some of your most frequently asked questions.

The locum pharmacist from Iran

Sepehr Shafizadeh MPS lost his father to COVID-19 3 months ago, shortly before sitting a BCPS exam. He is now a locum in Mackay, Queensland.