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Podcasts

Hantavirus on our doorstep?

Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

Podcasts

COVID-19: Beyond respiratory illness – The role of ACE2

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

Videos

Current COVID management in primary care: Vaccination, antivirals, and pre-planning work together

In this Product Explainer, Specialty Primary Care Physician Dr Peter Lin explains how COVID’s pathogenesis is primarily mediated via the ACE2 cell receptor. Dr Lin outlines how antivirals are an essential early treatment for vulnerable patients, and emphasises the importance of advance planning in this context.

Podcasts

COVID-19 and the elderly this winter

What if a “flatter” COVID curve isn’t the good news it seems for your older patients? In this episode, epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman challenges some comfortable assumptions about COVID in the elderly and outlines a few simple GP led changes that could make a life saving difference this winter.

Clinical Articles

Don’t miss the moment – Why offer COVID & flu vaccines together

Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Clinical Articles

Measles resurgence – are your patients at risk?

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Clinical Articles

Nasal flu vaccine for kids available this winter

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

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Clinical Articles

What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

Clinical Articles

First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

Videos

20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine update

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

Videos

Intranasal flu vaccine update & practical demonstration

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

Videos

The benefits of nasal saline

Could nasal saline benefit more patients than you think? In this Product Explainer, Allergist and Medical Rhinologist Dr Jessica Tattersall highlights the supportive role of nasal saline – both with and without the presence of sinonasal pathology – and raises important considerations when recommending nasal saline to patients (5 mins).

Infectious diseases

Hantavirus on our doorstep?

Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

COVID-19: Beyond respiratory illness – The role of ACE2

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

Current COVID management in primary care: Vaccination, antivirals, and pre-planning work together

COVID-19 and the elderly this winter

Don’t miss the moment – Why offer COVID & flu vaccines together

Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Measles resurgence – are your patients at risk?

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Nasal flu vaccine for kids available this winter

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine update

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

Intranasal flu vaccine update & practical demonstration

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

The benefits of nasal saline

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Scientia Prof Kaarin Anstey translates the WHO's updated 2026 dementia risk-reduction guidelines changes into concrete actions for opportunistic risk assessment and targeted advice in everyday general practice.

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Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

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Upcoming Healthed Webcast

New Brain Health Guidelines – What GPs Can Do

Tuesday 4th August, 7pm - 9pm AEST

Speaker

Scientia Prof Kaarin Anstey

Psychologist; Director, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute; ARC Laureate Fellow; Senior Principal Research Scientist, NeuRA

Scientia Prof Kaarin Anstey translates the WHO's updated 2026 dementia risk-reduction guidelines changes into concrete actions for opportunistic risk assessment and targeted advice in everyday general practice.