Infectious diseases Archives - Page 16 of 32

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

New COVID challenge for GPs

For Australian GPs, COVID is the infection that just keeps on giving, isn’t it?

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

Japanese encephalitis – What GPs need to know

Strategies to minimise the serious but rare neurological outcomes will include keeping away from pigs, mosquito population control, mosquito bite avoidance measures and vaccination.

Expert/s: Dr Bernard Hudson

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID Update – Epidemiology, boosters, antivirals, future

A look at our local and national infection rates- what does the medium to long term future look like?

Expert/s: Prof Kristine Macartney

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

Japanese encephalitis is in Australia – A practical guide

This mosquito-transmitted disease has already killed a handful of people, and is likely to become more common- an effective vaccine will soon be made widely available to those at risk.

Expert/s: Prof Paul Griffin

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

The second COVID peak is here, but there’s a silver lining

In Australia, the Omicron BA2 subvariant has essentially replaced BA1 as the cause of the current cases of COVID, says Professor Kristine Macartney.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Treating COVID-19 infections

Options for treating Covid-19 infections is yet another area where the landscape is rapidly changing, says a leading expert on the pandemic.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID Update – Fourth jab, Ba2 update, flurona, antivirals

Ba2, Deltacron, Omicron and other variants- the winter booster - for which patients? An update on the other vaccines and the COVID antivirals.

Expert/s: Prof Paul Griffin

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Does COVID surge equal vaccination failure?

Despite the increasing numbers of infections, Covid vaccines are still effective, particularly if people are fully vaccinated, says Dr Paul Griffin, Director of Infectious Diseases at the Mater in Queensland.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What’s the latest on long COVID?

With long COVID becoming recognised as a significant consequence of COVID infection, it is evident we will need to stay ahead of prevention and treatment of the new variants of this virus

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Immunology and allergy, Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

Videos

Conversations on meningococcal disease with parents

In this Product Explainer, Paediatrician and Paediatric Immunologist A/Prof Peter Richmond explains which patients are most at risk for meningococcal B, the risk reduction benefits of meningococcal B vaccination and why it is important to have conversations with parents in which the risk/benefits of vaccination are clearly explained (5 mins).

Expert/s: Prof Peter Richmond

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID variants, antivirals, vaccines & vaccine hesitancy

Overseas travel and COVID - booster before travelling? What’s the evidence? The more transmissible OMICRON subvariant... is there any cause for concern here?

Expert/s: Prof Robert Booy

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

Pertussis in older Australians – More serious than you think

Key features of pertussis as it appears in adults, when to suspect it, and how to diagnose and treat it- the opportunities that exist to reduce the morbidity and mortality from whooping cough by targeting older adults.

Expert/s: Dr Lisa Beecham

Infectious diseases

New COVID challenge for GPs

For Australian GPs, COVID is the infection that just keeps on giving, isn’t it?

Japanese encephalitis – What GPs need to know

Strategies to minimise the serious but rare neurological outcomes will include keeping away from pigs, mosquito population control, mosquito bite avoidance measures and vaccination.

COVID Update – Epidemiology, boosters, antivirals, future

A look at our local and national infection rates- what does the medium to long term future look like?

Japanese encephalitis is in Australia – A practical guide

This mosquito-transmitted disease has already killed a handful of people, and is likely to become more common- an effective vaccine will soon be made widely available to those at risk.

The second COVID peak is here, but there’s a silver lining

In Australia, the Omicron BA2 subvariant has essentially replaced BA1 as the cause of the current cases of COVID, says Professor Kristine Macartney.

Treating COVID-19 infections

Options for treating Covid-19 infections is yet another area where the landscape is rapidly changing, says a leading expert on the pandemic.

COVID Update – Fourth jab, Ba2 update, flurona, antivirals

Ba2, Deltacron, Omicron and other variants- the winter booster - for which patients? An update on the other vaccines and the COVID antivirals.

Does COVID surge equal vaccination failure?

Despite the increasing numbers of infections, Covid vaccines are still effective, particularly if people are fully vaccinated, says Dr Paul Griffin, Director of Infectious Diseases at the Mater in Queensland.

What’s the latest on long COVID?

With long COVID becoming recognised as a significant consequence of COVID infection, it is evident we will need to stay ahead of prevention and treatment of the new variants of this virus

Conversations on meningococcal disease with parents

COVID variants, antivirals, vaccines & vaccine hesitancy

Overseas travel and COVID - booster before travelling? What’s the evidence? The more transmissible OMICRON subvariant... is there any cause for concern here?

Pertussis in older Australians – More serious than you think

Key features of pertussis as it appears in adults, when to suspect it, and how to diagnose and treat it- the opportunities that exist to reduce the morbidity and mortality from whooping cough by targeting older adults.

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For Australian GPs, COVID is the infection that just keeps on giving, isn’t it?

Strategies to minimise the serious but rare neurological outcomes will include keeping away from pigs, mosquito population control, mosquito bite avoidance measures and vaccination.

A look at our local and national infection rates- what does the medium to long term future look like?

This mosquito-transmitted disease has already killed a handful of people, and is likely to become more common- an effective vaccine will soon be made widely available to those at risk.

In Australia, the Omicron BA2 subvariant has essentially replaced BA1 as the cause of the current cases of COVID, says Professor Kristine Macartney.

Options for treating Covid-19 infections is yet another area where the landscape is rapidly changing, says a leading expert on the pandemic.

Ba2, Deltacron, Omicron and other variants- the winter booster - for which patients? An update on the other vaccines and the COVID antivirals.

Despite the increasing numbers of infections, Covid vaccines are still effective, particularly if people are fully vaccinated, says Dr Paul Griffin, Director of Infectious Diseases at the Mater in Queensland.

With long COVID becoming recognised as a significant consequence of COVID infection, it is evident we will need to stay ahead of prevention and treatment of the new variants of this virus

Overseas travel and COVID - booster before travelling? What’s the evidence? The more transmissible OMICRON subvariant... is there any cause for concern here?

Key features of pertussis as it appears in adults, when to suspect it, and how to diagnose and treat it- the opportunities that exist to reduce the morbidity and mortality from whooping cough by targeting older adults.

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