Tips for pharmacists providing COVID-19 vaccinations

Australian Pharmacist asked two experienced vaccinators for their tips and tricks to ensure things run smoothly.

The non-binary pharmacist

Michael Hewson [he/him] identifies as a genderqueer or non-binary person. ‘I don’t feel like a man and I don’t feel like a woman. I’m just Michael and that’s all I need to be.’

Pharmacists could prescribe PrEP to combat HIV transmission

Under a new national government strategy, pharmacists will be key to dramatically reducing HIV transmission.

Better COVID-19 communication needed, PSA tells Vic govt committee

Insufficient or unhelpful communication from authorities has been the most frustrating aspect of the COVID-19 crisis since restrictions started, according to Victorian pharmacists.

WHO puts ‘temporary pause’ on hydroxychloroquine trial for coronavirus patients

A trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment has been suspended after researchers found patients receiving the drug were at higher risk of heart problems and death.

Working on the land

After decades as a specialist compounder in Bundaberg, Brendan West MPS moved inland to buy a pharmacy in the outback Queensland town of Wallumbilla.