Queensland school-leavers heading offshore to the exotic hotspots of Bali, Thailand, Cambodia, Fiji and Vanuatu to celebrate ‘Schoolies’ this weekend may be unwittingly exposing themselves to potentially fatal infectious diseases, including rabies, hepatitis A, meningococcal disease, measles, gastrointestinal infections, malaria and dengue. Today, leading travel health pioneer, Dr Deb Mills, will be urging scores of…

As further evidence of the evolving role of the pharmacist, people will now be able to get an instant lung health assessment at their local pharmacist. A new partnership between the Lung Foundation Australia and health technology provider, Healthpoint has paved the way for the creation of a computerised questionnaire using a touchscreen unit or…