Amanda Sheppeard

Sydney

Associate Editor and Senior Journalist at Dermatology Republic

Associate Editor and Senior Journalist at The Medical Republic

Associate Editor and Senior Journalist at Dermatology Republic and The Medical Republic

Articles

AI and cloud tech fuel cyberthreat surge in healthcare

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

A new report warns organisations face a growing wave of cyberthreats including malware, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. A new report warns organisations face a growing wave of cyberthreats including malware, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
Flu antiviral helps cut spread among households

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

The single-dose antiviral is already approved for use in Australia in patients over the age of 12 years. Login Join Now This content is for members only.
‘Deeply disturbing picture of dysfunction’: hospital doctors’ survey

1 week ago | puffnstuff.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation has released the damning results of a national survey of more than 700 hospital doctors. See what it found. A national survey has revealed a “deeply disturbing picture of dysfunction in the working relationships between administrators of Australia’s public hospitals and the doctors who work in them”.
Flu antiviral helps cut spread among households

1 week ago | puffnstuff.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

The single-dose antiviral is already approved for use in Australia in patients over the age of 12 years. Login Join Now This content is for members only.
Experts weigh in on ‘dire’ flu vaccine uptake

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

Vaccination rates need to lift ahead of the traditional winter influenza season, they warn. Unseasonably high flu activity across Australia combined with “dire” vaccine uptake, particularly in the very young and elderly, has prompted a warning from health experts. While they say it is still too early to predict how bad this year’s official winter flu season will be, all signs are pointing to it being a major problem.
Cautious optimism for national digital mental health service

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

But one expert warns the NEIS is not ‘a panacea for our ailing mental health system’. But one expert warns the NEIS is not ‘a panacea for our ailing mental health system’. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
Pill testing returns ahead of strip search class action

2 weeks ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

NSW will embark on the second part of its pill testing trial, while thousands of people have joined a class action challenging strip searches. NSW will embark on the second part of its pill testing trial, while thousands of people have joined a class action challenging strip searches. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
‘Deeply disturbing picture of dysfunction’: hospital doctors’ survey

2 weeks ago | dermatologyrepublic.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation has released the damning results of a national survey of more than 700 hospital doctors. See what it found. A national survey has revealed a “deeply disturbing picture of dysfunction in the working relationships between administrators of Australia’s public hospitals and the doctors who work in them”.
New oral antibiotic offers hope for gonorrhoea

2 weeks ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

Drug resistance has made the sexually transmitted infection hard to treat, with more than 13,000 cases reported in Australia so far this year. A new oral antibiotic is emerging as a potential breakthrough in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea, researchers say. Treating the sexually transmitted infection has become a challenge due to antimicrobial resistance, which in turn has made it harder to control outbreaks.
We're feeling better ... sort of: survey takes the ‘pulse’ of Australia

2 weeks ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Amanda Sheppeard

The latest Bupa/Quantum Market Research health survey delves into everything from telehealth and nutrition supplement use to workplace health and burnout. See the results. The latest Bupa/Quantum Market Research health survey delves into everything from telehealth and nutrition supplement use to workplace health and burnout. See the results. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.