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Felicity Nelson

Science journalist; strategy consultant

Felicity Nelson is a science and health journalist with bylines in ScienceAlert, Guardian Australia, The Medical Republic and news.com. Her stories were published in The Best Australian Science Writing anthologies in 2020, 2019 and 2017. Felicity runs a science writing and strategy consulting business called Frogs and Stars.

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GPs on social media – Where can we find them?

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Exclusive: Only 25% of GPs see value in RACGP membership

Exclusive data from Healthed’s latest survey reveals that few GPs see RACGP membership as providing value for money, even though GPs are much more likely to recommend the college to their peers than any time in the last four years.

Infectious diseases

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Exclusive: 60% of GPs have patients with long COVID

Here comes the aftermath of the rising COVID numbers, with almost 60% of Australian GPs now saying they are treating at least one patient with long COVID.

Infectious diseases

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Have we passed the peak?

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Rhinitis: ‘The nose is just the tip of the iceberg’

Rhinitis has a significant impact on quality of life for 50% of people with the condition

Men's health

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How likely is it that a patient will recover their urinary control and erectile function after prostatectomy?

Public health

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More Australian GPs are moving away from 100% bulk billing as the costs of running a practice continue to outstrip the Medicare rebates offered by the government

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If they are yawning, it’s too late

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One in five GPs at risk of potentially fatal Zostavax error

A survey of around 500 doctors exposes knowledge gaps.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

‘Vaccine fatigue’ and misinformation are driving the lower booster uptake

Are patients simply bored of covid vaccines or is there something else going on?

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

1 in 9 GPs infected with COVID in the past two months

GPs are getting knocked out by covid infections for days or weeks at a time, creating spillover work for their already-burned-out colleagues and longer wait times for patients.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

‘We will never control the virus with vaccines alone’: Virologist

COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world, but we need more than just vaccines to control the pandemic, says virologist Dr Gary Grohmann.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

A quarter of GPs feel burned out every day

Two years of crisis after crisis has left a scar on general practice, with 14% of GPs saying they feel burned out at least once a day.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Lifestyle

If they are yawning, it’s too late

Babies have no circadiaBabies have no circadian rhythms. Parents must look for the subtle, early signs of tirednessn rhythms. Parents must look for the subtle, early signs of tiredness.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Respiratory and sleep

1 in 5 GPs switch from bulk billing to mixed billing

More Australian GPs are moving away from 100% bulk billing as the costs of running a practice continue to outstrip the Medicare rebates offered by the government

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Public health

Will patients recover their urinary control and erectile function after prostatectomy?

How likely is it that a patient will recover their urinary control and erectile function after prostatectomy?

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Men's health

Rhinitis: ‘The nose is just the tip of the iceberg’

Rhinitis has a significant impact on quality of life for 50% of people with the condition

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Immunology and allergy

Have we passed the peak?

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By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

Exclusive: 60% of GPs have patients with long COVID

Here comes the aftermath of the rising COVID numbers, with almost 60% of Australian GPs now saying they are treating at least one patient with long COVID.

By Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

Exclusive: Only 25% of GPs see value in RACGP membership

Exclusive data from Healthed’s latest survey reveals that few GPs see RACGP membership as providing value for money, even though GPs are much more likely to recommend the college to their peers than any time in the last four years.

By Yasmin Clarke, Felicity Nelson

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Public health

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