COVID-19
Eyecare practitioners and students eligible for vaccine 22 March
Australian optometrists and ophthalmologists, their support staff and students and trainees on placement will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 ...
Chinese myopia-lockdown study a portent for Australia
A new phenomenon dubbed “quarantine myopia” is making waves in Australia in the wake of a Chinese study that found ...
Case report links COVID-19 with permanent vision loss
Ophthalmologists have documented what is believed to be the first reported case of permanent loss of visual acuity that may ...
2020: a year like no other
Insight takes a look at the innovations, breakthroughs, setbacks, events and stories that shaped the Australian ophthalmic sector in 2020. ...
Researchers argue sore eyes should replace conjunctivitis as COVID-19 symptom
Sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of COVID-19, according to new research published in the journal BMJ Open ...
Screening vital to eliminating COVID transmission risk through donor cornea
Researchers have analysed the prevalence of COVID-19 in human post-mortem ocular tissues, highlighting the importance of the donor screening process. ...
No boundaries: Purchasing in a pandemic
Opening a greenfield practice during a pandemic in Australia’s hardest-hit city has thrown up its challenges, especially when it comes ...
Health fund data shows allied health is back to pre-pandemic levels
New health fund data has revealed Australians are using their ancillary benefits at pre-COVID levels, while other statistics have shown ...
Cornea resistant to the novel coronavirus – study
A new study has suggested the cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus, in findings that bode well for ...