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Beyond the COVID‐19 pandemic: increasing the uptake of influenza vaccination by health and aged care workers

Lyn‐li Lim, Noleen J Bennett, Sheena G Sullivan, Ann L Bull and Leon J Worth

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 157-158 Open Access

Endoscopy volumes and outcomes at a tertiary Melbourne centre during the 2020 COVID‐19 lockdowns

Daniel Schneider, Michael Swan and Simon Hew

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 100-101 Free

High prevalence of hearing loss in urban Aboriginal infants: the Djaalinj Waakinj cohort study

Tamara Veselinović, Sharon A Weeks, Valerie M Swift, Deborah Lehmann and Christopher G Brennan‐Jones

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 46-47 Open Access

Doctors with borders: the impact of international border closures on Timorese people who need cardiac procedures

Elizabeth Paratz, Joaquina Maurays, Ricardo Flavio, Alan Appelbe and Noel Bayley

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 583-584 Free

Long‐acting reversible contraception use after medical abortion is associated with reduced likelihood of a second medical abortion

Luke E Grzeskowiak, Alice R Rumbold, Asvini Subasinghe, Danielle Mazza, Kirsten I Black, Helen Calabretto and Jenni Ilomäki

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 476-477 Free

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019

Caroline Watts, Andrew Spillane, Michael A Henderson and Anne Cust, Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 208-209 Free

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Catherine M Suter, Andrew J Affleck, Maggie Lee, Alan J Pearce, Linda E Iles and Michael E Buckland

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (10): 530-531 Open Access

Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19

Joanna MZ Mills, Georgina M Luscombe and Thomas J Hugh

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 303-304 Free

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18

Jane Oliver, Myra Hardy, Joshua Osowicki, Daniel Engelman, Andrew C Steer and Katherine Gibney

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 201-202 Open Access

Second SARS‐CoV‐2 infections twelve months after initial infections in Australia, confirmed by genomic analysis

The Victorian SARS‐CoV‐2 Reinfection Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 199-201 Open Access

Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey

Katrina E Champion, Cath Chapman, Lauren A Gardner, Matthew Sunderland, Nicola C Newton, Scarlett Smout, Louise K Thornton, Leanne Hides, Nyanda McBride, Steve J Allsop, Katherine Mills, Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Maree Teesson and Tim Slade, the Heath4Life team †

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 156-157 Free

The readability of official public health information on COVID‐19

Olivia A Mac, Danielle M Muscat, Julie Ayre, Pinika Patel and Kirsten J McCaffery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 373-375 Free

Sex differences in the management and outcomes of non‐ST‐elevation acute coronary syndromes

Bianca C Bachelet, Karice Hyun, Mario D'Souza, Clara K Chow, Julie Redfern and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 153-155 Free

The clinical value of “exception item” colonoscopy (MBS item 32228)

Michelle Lee See, Antonio Lee, Roderick Roberts, Richard A Friedman, David G Hewett and Daniel L Worthley

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 94-95 Free

Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Yan Cheng, Clare Boerma, Lucy Peck, Jessica R Botfield, Jane Estoesta and Kevin McGeechan

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 371-372 Free

The incidence of cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia: the AUS‐COVID study

Kunwardeep S Bhatia, William Gaal, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi, on behalf of the AUS‐COVID Investigators

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 279-279 Open Access

Estimating the abortion rate in Australia from National Hospital Morbidity and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data

Louise A Keogh, Lyle C Gurrin and Patricia Moore

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 375-376 Free

Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia

Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle M Scollo, Maurice Swanson and Melanie Wakefield

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 471-472 Free

Prescribing of direct‐acting antiviral therapy by general practitioners for people with hepatitis C in an unrestricted treatment program

Fergus Stafford, Gregory J Dore, Shawn Clackett, Marianne Martinello, Gail V Matthews, Jason Grebely, Anne C Balcomb and Behzad Hajarizadeh

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 332-333 Free

Background rates of hospital transfer and death in Australian aged care facilities: estimates to assist interpretation of rates after COVID‐19 vaccination

Hazel J Clothier, Yonatan M Mesfin, Steven Strange and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 180-181 Free

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine vaccinations in Victoria

Brynley P Hull, Alexandra J Hendry, Aditi Dey, Kerin Bryant, Catherine Radkowski, Stephen Pellissier, Kristine Macartney and Frank H Beard

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 83-84 Free

Re‐defining the dengue‐receptive area of Queensland after the 2019 dengue outbreak in Rockhampton

Jacina Walker, Alyssa Pyke, Paul Florian, Rachael M Rodney Harris and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 182-182 Free

Prostate‐specific antigen testing of asymptomatic men in Australia: an observational study based on electronic general practice data

Guilherme S Franco, Rae‐Anne Hardie, Ling Li, Chisato Imai, Gorkem Sezgin, Julie Li, Adam McLeod, Christopher Pearce and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 228-229 Free

Limited clinical value of early repeat RT‐PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2

Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond and Deborah A Williamson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 42-43 Free