Medicine
Opinion
Opinion
Medicine shortages that affect our most vulnerable are unacceptable
Australia has a supply problem with vital medicines, causing anxiety for patients and overloading already burdened physicians.
- by The Herald's View
Latest
Labor dumps GP payroll tax after poll shows primary vote slump
Bulk-billing GPs will be exempt from payroll tax and other doctors will be spared the impost for a year after health clinics threatened to shame the government over its “tax on health”.
- by Broede Carmody, Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro
The ban will drastically reduce the availability of the popular weight-loss injections – which have been in short supply globally – and disrupt the businesses capitalising on the huge demand.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Flu season
I know pseudo remedies won’t cure my winter cold. But they make me feel special
We’re currently experiencing a unique hell of virus soup, and despite knowing what we need to do to get better, following doctor’s orders feel painfully pedestrian.
- by Wendy Syfret
Steph had no idea stopping her antianxiety medication could be deadly
A treatment centre helping those dependent on benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Valium will be forced to cut its clinician numbers from 10 to three when funding runs out.
- by Amber Schultz
‘I think that’s dangerous’: The moment the new CSIRO boss decided to hit back at Peter Dutton
Doug Hilton didn’t back off when he felt the leader of the opposition had crossed a line.
- by Angus Dalton
Chemists to lose dollar-discount option as government bows to Pharmacy Guild pressure
Chemist Warehouse will be stripped of its ability to give its customers $1 off their medicines under a change the Pharmacy Guild has been pushing for years.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
The deadly price of a perfect strawberry
We’re running out of medicines that can treat deadly fungal infections. A new agricultural chemical could make things even worse.
- by Angus Dalton
Lawyers for celebrated surgeon say he can’t be held responsible for patients’ pain
Defamation trial hears that a multidisciplinary team, including a pain specialist and an anesthetist, was responsible for prescribing drugs.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Obituaries
Obituaries
‘Doctor’s cardiologist’ helped transform patient treatment
Dr David Hunt had a long and exemplary career in the public health sector as assistant director, and then director of cardiology at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
- by Tony Walker
Exclusive
Parenting
This simple baby and parenting class is making babies smarter
Rolled out by researchers in Vietnam, there are now calls for it to be trialled in Australia.
- by Aisha Dow