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Australian Living Evidence Consortium The Australian Living Evidence Consortium (the Consortium) has welcomed the announcement that the Victorian Government will invest in the ‘Living Evidence’ model to transform the way new research is used to improve outcomes for patients in Victoria and around Australia. Yesterday’s Victorian budget announcement included $4 million in funding for Living Evidence Phase Two, a four-year program to develop a world-leading, end-to-end evidence system to en...

Why Australia is under pressure to upgrade advice on Covid’s aerosol transmission Melissa Davey © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: AP The latest coronavirus outbreak from hotel quarantine in Western Australia has focused attention on how the virus is transmitted. Hotel quarantine is supposed to be secure with returned travellers separated from each other. Staff and residents are meant to be regularly tested for Covid-19 and infection control procedures are supposed to b...

Covid Medical Network doctors group under TGA review after endorsing hydroxychloroquine MonMonday 22 FebFebruary 2021 at 5:34am The Therapeutic Goods Administration says the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 remains unclear. ( Print text only Cancel The national health watchdog is investigating a group of Melbourne doctors after unapproved COVID-19 treatments were endorsed on their website. Key points: The TGA says safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine ha...

Australian MP Under Fire for Sharing Information on Hydroxychloroquine Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly has endured heavy backlash from political opponents for his wary stance of the government’s immediate COVID-19 vaccination plans and his sharing information on potential vaccine supplements. The outspoken Liberal member of Parliament for Hughes said that he is not an anti-vaxxer but he prefers a “wait to see” approach to learn from other vaccination trials before throwing his support be...

Advertisement The airwaves have been awash with news about COVID-19 and vaccinations, much of it unhelpful. Amid the heat, my name has arisen as the immunologist cited by the Liberal MP Craig Kelly, whose views have been widely derided and, ultimately, shut down by the Prime Minister. Let me state clearly from the outset: vaccines are critical; they will save lives; we should all get behind them. Liberal MP Craig Kelly during Question Time. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen Vaccines, however, do have li...

Craig Kelly Is Back On His Misinformation Bullshit Share To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Despite getting a tongue lashing from Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Craig Kelly is back doing what he does best: undermining Australia’s vaccination rollout by promoting an unproven COVID-...

Mr Kelly, a NSW Liberal MP who worked as an export manager before his election to Parliament in 2010, is an ardent supporter of using hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, the US National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organisation, all strongly recommend hydroxychloroquine not be taken to treat COVID-19, as there is evidence it does not work and may cause harm. Advertisement Examine newsletter Science and health expla...

Tapeworm, vertigo and pancreatitis drugs are being trialled as COVID-19 treatments By the Specialist Reporting Teams Alison Branley and national medical reporter Sophie Scott Posted SunSunday 24 updated MonMonday 25 Australian researchers are part of global efforts to trial potential COVID-19 treatments. ( Print text only Cancel With COVID-19 vaccines on their way, its time to breathe a sigh of relief right? Well, maybe not. Key points: It includes drugs to treat tapeworm, pancreatitis, vertig...

Save Share Modesty has its limits and on this anniversary of Australia’s first COVID-19 case, it’s time to tell the story of how our scientists took a bold leading role, bringing the world with them, as the pandemic began. For the first three months, through preparedness and agility, they were able to bestow a number of scientific gifts that would help the world manage COVID-19. In early January 2020, there was increasing chatter in the global infectious disease community about an unu...

Share on Twitter Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged senior government figures to publicly call out Liberal MP Craig Kelly for sharing misleading information about COVID-19, as the controversial backbencher denied spreading misinformation.  Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Health Minister Greg Hunt on Tuesday refused to criticise Mr Kelly after he posted the results of a study that said forcing children to wear face masks was akin to "child abuse" on Faceboo...