TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) For patients with low-risk penicillin allergy, direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to standard-of-care skin testing followed by oral challenge, according to a
By Alesha Capone Residents at aged care homes in three Wyndham suburbs will be among the first in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the federal health department, phase 1a of the roll-out, which began this week, will start with aged care centres in 44 suburbs and towns in Victoria including Werribee, Hoppers Crossing and Point Cook. Aged care homes in Altona Meadows, Ballarat, Cowes, Drouin, Lara and Delacombe have also been included in the first week of the roll out. Hundreds of aged care residents, staff and people connected to Wyndham aged care home were diagnosed with the COVID-19 last year.