RCPA reassures community COVID-19 vaccines are safe
Welcome to the March issue of Pathway, a monthly magazine designed for anyone interested in their health and wellbeing and in the integral role that pathology plays in the diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases.
This month’s issue of Pathway looks at the following:
New RCPA factsheet reassures the community that COVID-19 vaccines are safe
A new vaccine factsheet reassures the community that all vaccines are thoroughly tested for safety and efficacy before they are approved for use in Australia and New Zealand.
Genetic testing for certain inheritable heart rhythm conditions approved for public funding
Over a decade since the MSAC application began, genetic testing for the diagnosis of inheritable cardiac arrhythmia syndromes has been approved for public funding.
COVID-19 has shown that genomics can be powerful in providing high-resolution characterisation of pathogens for public health disease control in real-time.
Forensic anthropologists work closely with investigating officers, pathologists and other scientific disciplines to try to establish the identity of the decease.
