Flesh-eating infection spreads to Mallee

HEALTH authorities are warning about a flesh-eating infection after a widening in cases of the mosquito-borne condition. Statistics show the infection, known as Buruli ulcer, is spreading across Victoria. There have been 266 cases notified in 2022 compared to the same time in 2021 (227 cases), 2020 (165 cases) and 2019 (247 cases). In a […]

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    Rural specialism the right prescription

    RURAL generalism will now be recognised as a specialty field within general practice following approval by the Medical Board of Australia of a Commonwealth-funded joint…