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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 enable busy frontline clinicians to stay continually up-to-date with the latest research so they can p...

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 be rigorous. © Photograph: AP The virus that causes Covid-19 as viewed under a microscope. Austral...

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 has not been established This month, a former senator was also ordered to remove a Twitter post The Co...

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 behind the government’s move to vaccinate as many Australians as possible. “I want to expand coron...

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 limitations. They need to be paired with effective, safe drug treatment. I believe two candidates are ...