Infographic: Here’s how many people pharmacists have vaccinated

So far, community pharmacists have administered enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to fully vaccinate more than 1 million people. But that's just a number – here's what it really looks like.

Why pharmacists are integral to mental health treatment

There is an over-reliance on medicines to treat Victorians with mental health conditions, a royal commission into the state’s mental health system has found.

Weighing up options for osteoarthritis management

Osteoarthritis is a common condition that is expected to become even more prevalent by the end of the decade. Despite its commonness, our understanding of the disease has evolved to acknowledge inflammation as a mediator of degenerative changes and pain.

Pharmacist vaccination services to protect more people in Queensland and NSW

Trained pharmacists in Queensland will be able to administer travel vaccinations to people 16 years and older this month, in an Australian first that...

Medication management in older Australians

A national pharmacy-led working group dedicated to improving the quality use of medicines for older Australians has issued 10 recommendations for better integrating healthcare...

Strychnine: From murder mysteries to rat bait

Agatha Christie loved strychnine. It starred in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Thanks to her World War I experience as a hospital dispensary volunteer, and her training as an apothecary’s assistant, the novel received a rave review in The Pharmaceutical Journal.