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The detection of avian influenza virus in human pathology laboratories in Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific nations

Lisa M Sedger, Vishal Ahuja, Katherine A Lau, Deane L Byers, Torsten Theis, Peter D Kirkland and Catherine Pitman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 492-494 Free

Medication delivery and dispensing interval preferences of people who use antihypertensive medications in Australia: a survey study

Carissa Bonner, Michael A Fajardo, Rachael M Keast, Emily Atkins, Niamh Chapman, Kristie R Weir, Anthony Rodgers and Aletta E Schutte

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 423-425 Open Access

Treatment outcomes for people with hepatitis C referred to tertiary care in Victoria, 2021–22: a retrospective observational study

Elly Layton, Nicole Matthews, Brendan Quinn, Nasra Higgins, Gabrielle Lindeman, Mielle Abbott, Jennifer MacLachlan, Elizabeth Birbilis, Margaret E Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Benjamin C Cowie and Mark Stoové

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 265-267 Open Access

Estimated carbon emissions for PBS‐subsidised prescription respiratory inhalers, Australia, 2019–2023: a descriptive analysis

Luise Kazda, Alexandra L Barratt, Sean Docking, Kristen Pickles, Darlene Cox, Ross S Bailie, Kate Wylie and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 214-217 Open Access

Symptom burden, quality of life, and diagnostic journey of people with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Australia, 2021–24: a descriptive patient registry data study

Marie‐Claire Seeley, Gemma Wilson, Eric Ong, Amy Langdon, Jonathan Chieng, Danielle Bailey, Kristina Comacchio, Amanda Page, Dennis H Lau and Celine Gallagher

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 159-160 Open Access

Nirsevimab immunisation of infants and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)‐associated hospitalisations, Western Australia, 2024: a population‐based analysis

Lauren E Bloomfield, Nevada V Pingault, Rachel E Foong, Sarah French, Jo‐Anne Morgan, Ushma Wadia, Hannah C Moore, Christopher C Blyth, Peter C Richmond, Paul K Armstrong and Paul V Effler

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (11): 568-570 Open Access

The oral health care needs of people living in residential aged care, Australia, 2016–20: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Gillian E Caughey, Tracy Air, Miia Rahja and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 318-320 Open Access

Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity‐related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data

Shane Darke, Amy Peacock, Johan A Duflou, Michael Farrell and Julia Lappin

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 259-261 Open Access

Cannabis poisonings in Australia following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, 2014–24: analysis of NSW Poisons Information Centre data

Rose Cairns, Sara Allaf and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 155-157 Open Access

Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey

Julie Ayre, Erin Cvejic and Kirsten J McCaffery

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 210-212 Open Access

Surgical clinical trial activity in Australia, 2010–20, by specialty: analysis of trial registration data

Claire Greenwell, Angela Webster, Ian A Harris, David Beard, Angie Barba and Sarah J Lord

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 102-103 Free

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants admitted to the Hunter New England neonatal intensive care unit, 2016-2021: a retrospective medical record audit

Jessica Bennett, Michelle Kennedy, Jamie Bryant, Amanual Mersha, Larissa Korostenski, Michelle Stubbs, Justine Parsons and Luke Wakely

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 47-48

Medicare‐subsidised mental health service use during the first 15 years of life in New South Wales: a population cohort study

Oliver J Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R Laurens, Vaughan J Carr and Melissa J Green

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 554-557 Free

Gender affirmation testosterone therapy, Australia, 2021–22: a review of PBS dispensing data

Brendan J Nolan, Sav Zwickl, Jeffrey D Zajac and Ada S Cheung

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 491-492 Open Access

Notification of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in hospitalised people in the Midwest region of Western Australia, 2012–2022: retrospective administrative data analysis

Ingrid Stacey, Yolande Knight, Claire MX Ong, Amy Lee, Suresh Karuppannan, Allison Christou and Judith M Katzenellenbogen

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 493-494 Open Access

An outbreak of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Sydney, 2024: retrospective case series

Joseph Joseph, Kelvin Truong, Artiene Tatian and Orli Wargon

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 434-435 Open Access

A rise in Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections in Victoria in late 2023 and early 2024 detected at two major testing laboratories

Maryza Graham, Thomas Tran, Changxu Zhang, Michelle Sam, Andrew Daley, Kathy Jackson and Chuan Kok Lim

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 436-437 Open Access

Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: cross‐sectional study of women attending a Perth sexual health clinic, 2019–20

Mariana Galrao, Catherine B Brooker, Alison Creagh, Richelle Douglas and Sarah Smith

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 386-388 Open Access

6‐Methylnicotine: a new nicotine alternative identified in e‐cigarette liquids sold in Australia

Caitlin Jenkins, Celine Kelso and Jody Morgan

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (6): 333-335 Open Access

Measuring progress toward the Closing the Gap healthy birthweight target for Indigenous babies: an analysis of Queensland perinatal data, 2011–2020

M Mamun Huda, James Ward and Abdullah Al Mamun

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 277-278 Open Access

Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria vaccination coverage in older adults, Australia, 2023: analysis of Australian Immunisation Register data

Alexandra J Hendry, Helen E Quinn, Kristine Macartney and Frank H Beard

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 224-225 Open Access

Heat health alerts and emergency department presentations by people aged 65 years or older, Victoria, 2010–22: a case–crossover analysis

Tilda N Thomson, Joshua Szanyi and Vanora Mulvenna

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 117-118 Open Access

Emergency department presentations in Queensland by First Nations people, remote residents, and young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020: interrupted time series analysis

Amy L Sweeny, Gerben B Keijzers, Dinesh Palipana, John Gerrard and Julia L Crilly

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 579-581 Open Access

Reduced numbers of elective joint replacement procedures in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020–2022: a registry data analysis study

Christopher J Wall, Christopher J Vertullo, David RJ Gill, Richard S Page, Carl Holder and Paul N Smith

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (3): 169-170 Open Access

Misperceptions about routine childhood vaccination among parents in Australia, before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey study

Jessica Kaufman, Monsurul Hoq, Anthea L Rhodes, Mary‐Anne Measey and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 530-532 Open Access