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In an acute infection of COVID-19, the PCR test is most likely to be positive three days after the first symptoms develop.

It has been suggested that Vit D supplementation could help prevent and reduce the impact of COVID-19

Opioids are strong medicines used for pain. The new rules – including reducing pack sizes and restrictions around prescribing – are part of a range of changes planned for prescription opioid medicines to be phased in over the next year or so.

As the COVID restrictions here in Australia slowly lift, it is with some trepidation that people, particularly older people, are emerging from their home sanctuaries.

But as we emerge from our bunkers and dust off our social skills, we must think about how to navigate this transition safely.

Is this the beginning of the end of the RACGP’s stranglehold on all things CPD? A Bill, just passed by the House of Representatives, certainly seems to suggest so. I know this newsletter is usually clinically-focussed but we think this development is too important to ignore.

COVID-19 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family and a relative to a number of viruses that cause cold-like symptoms as well as the viruses the caused SARS and MERS. In structure it is 80% identical to the virus that caused SARS.

Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing blitz”.

It’s been a common catchcry in this current pandemic – whether it be testing, transmission or treatment – ‘we just don’t have enough evidence.’

In an acute infection of COVID-19, the PCR test is most likely to be positive three days after the first symptoms develop.

It has been suggested that Vit D supplementation could help prevent and reduce the impact of COVID-19

Opioids are strong medicines used for pain. The new rules – including reducing pack sizes and restrictions around prescribing – are part of a range of changes planned for prescription opioid medicines to be phased in over the next year or so.

As the COVID restrictions here in Australia slowly lift, it is with some trepidation that people, particularly older people, are emerging from their home sanctuaries.

But as we emerge from our bunkers and dust off our social skills, we must think about how to navigate this transition safely.

Is this the beginning of the end of the RACGP’s stranglehold on all things CPD? A Bill, just passed by the House of Representatives, certainly seems to suggest so. I know this newsletter is usually clinically-focussed but we think this development is too important to ignore.

COVID-19 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family and a relative to a number of viruses that cause cold-like symptoms as well as the viruses the caused SARS and MERS. In structure it is 80% identical to the virus that caused SARS.

Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing blitz”.

It’s been a common catchcry in this current pandemic – whether it be testing, transmission or treatment – ‘we just don’t have enough evidence.’

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