The purpose of health assessment is to get a general understanding of the state of your health across your mental, physical, psychological and sexual wellbeing. Health assessments enable you to take a proactive stance towards your health and screen for certain...
If you want to know how long do flu shots last, remember that each year the vaccine is strain-specific, so you do need to have a vaccination every year to stay immune to seasonal strains of the virus that are going around. One flu shot is expected to last for a full...
One of the biggest benefits of immunisation is that it protects you and your family against contagious, vaccine-preventable diseases. Thanks to the successes of vaccine campaigns that have been running since the 1960s, significantly fewer children die from these...
Maintaining your antenatal appointment schedule ensures that your healthcare team can check in with your developing baby on a regular basis. During your first appointment you will discuss the schedule with your healthcare practitioner, to determine if it will suit...
This winter has already seen a sharp increase in severe flu cases in some cities in Australia and currently, the only way to protect yourself against the influenza virus is to have the flu vaccination for 2019.What Is The Flu?Influenza is quite a common disease that...
Influenza is a potentially life-threatening virus for a mother and her unborn child but having the flu vaccine in pregnancy can mitigate this risk. The Australian government has made flu vaccines free for expecting mothers, in order to protect them against the...
