TGA prioritises RSV vaccine
Moderna's mRNA-1345 vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults has been approved for Priority Review by the TGA. Read More...
Medical Forum Weekly
AI picks COVID from wastewater
Though many of us do (allegedly) take our smart phones with us to the bathroom, most would never think to link the algorithms at our fingertips – and what's going on in the plumbing beneath – with staffing at the local hospital. Read More...
Health events coming up
Health events coming up: Be resolute and HealthEd’s annual WA seminar Read More...
Tune pulls no punches in capability audit
David Tune’s report on the capability of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to function under the new Aged Care Act, which is to kick in on July 1 2024, has hit the PM’s desk with a thud. Read More...
Sydney nears HIV elimination
The 12th conference of the International AIDS Society being held in Sydney this week heard the best of news. Read More...
GPs take a team leader role in heart failure care
Medical Forum is launching its own podcast this week with the first in a series of presentations by cardiologist Dr Steve Gordon from Western Cardiology who will be talking to journalist Eric Martin on the role of general practice in the management of heart failure. Read More...
Kids hospice gets green light
The WA Planning Commission yesterday signed off on plans to build a $25.5 million children’s hospice in Swanbourne at the edge of the Allen Park public reserve. Read More...
ACL $1.6b Healius bid comes up against ACCC
The Australian Competition & Consumers Commission is so concerned about the proposed $1.6 billion Australian Clinical Labs off-market takeover of Healius Pathology, which operates Western Diagnostic Pathology in WA, it has thrown it open to public submissions until August 10 before handing down its decision on October 12. Read More...