03-Dec-2009
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| Within the next 2 weeks GP’s will receive Panvax Junior in their Clinics following approval by the TGA (Therapeutics Goods Administration). The Swine Flu vaccine which was previously released for the use in Children over the age of 10 years and Adults will now be availble for free from next Thursday for children from 6 months onwards. However children aged between 6 months to 9 years require 2 doses of Swine Flu vaccine 28 days apart. |
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03-Dec-2009
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| Taking needles through security, adjusting insulin schedules to new time zones, and coping with travel bugs – travelling abroad with diabetes presents many challenges.
However, there’s no reason why people with diabetes should not travel safely if they take some simple precautions before and during their trip.
Paula Goodyer* and Travelvax Australia’s Tonia Buzzolini have lots of good advice to help them overcome the hurdles to a healthy holiday.
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18-Nov-2009
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| The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has developed the attached flyer to promote their smartraveller safe travel messages to the increasing number of Australian students travelling overseas to celebrate "schoolies".
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02-Nov-2009
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| Travellers to Egypt beware. The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper has reported that a group of English school-children arriving in the country for holidays was quarantined after some of them were found to have temperatures over 38 ˚C. |
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02-Oct-2009
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| Travelvax Australia has issued an urgent warning to travellers to Bali over the mounting risk of rabies and a chronic shortage of vaccine to treat the deadly disease following the death this week of the 4h victim in the past month on the island.
Australians travelling to the popular holiday destination – especially if visiting the heavily infected Tabanan regency in central Bali – should take special precautions to avoid contact with animals. Rabies is spread through the saliva of an infected animal, usually dogs, but cats, monkeys and other mammals can also transmit the disease.
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