A trainee infectious disease specialist from the Austin Hospital, has found a way to predict whether a patients swine flu is likely to turn life threatening by measuring levels of an immunoglobulin sub-type called IgG2, says The Age.
The Acinetobacter ‘mega superbug’ is resistant to all available antibiotics, says Infectious diseases specialist David Paterson, of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, who has been given a $2 million research grant to study the bacteria, according to the Courier Mail.
The new air ambulance helicopter for NSW is too heavy to take off from higher altitude hospitals such as those at Orange, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
The NT is on measles alert after a case was imported by a passenger on a flight from Vietnam, says the NT News.
A memorial service is being held today for Dr Vince Munro, head of pathology at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney for more than 30 years, reports the Brisbane Times.
An eye doctor is calling on the NSW Greater Western Area Health Service to explain why it has halved the number of cataract surgeries being performed at the Dubbo Base Hospital, reports the ABC.
The AMA has backed ACT Opposition calls for the Government to focus more on preventative health care, says the ABC.
A US court has overturned existing American tax rules by ruling that a sex change operation is not cosmetic and treats a disease, making it tax-deductible, says News.com.au.
The controversial head of the NT health department David Ashbridge has resigned to become head of Geelong’s Barwon Health, says the NT News.
Tasmanian GP Dr Paul McGinity is still in limbo while being investigated by the Medical Council and has had to pay out $250,000 for locums, say supporters in the ABC.
Launceston doctor and environment campaigner Kathleen Petrovsky has helped found the Ethics and Sustainability Party, whose main platform is to oppose the Gunns' Tamar Valley pulp mill, says The Examiner.
More than half of nurses say they have been assaulted while on duty and now expect violence as part of the job, says AAP.
An outbreak of pertussis on the Sunshine Coast has stunned doctors, with low vaccination rate blamed for a three fold higher case rate this year, says the Sunshine Coast Daily.
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