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Infectious diseases

Dr Gary Grohmann

Podcasts

COVID update – New vaccines and what’s happening in China?

What’s happening in China now? Multiresistant mycoplasma infection may be the issue, ad the latest on new COVID vaccines arriving next week and in the next few months

Expert/s: Dr Gary Grohmann

Infectious diseases

Prof Adrian Esterman

Podcasts

COVID update – The current COVID wave

The current COVID wave, the latest news on vaccines and antivirals, and long COVID guidelines.

Expert/s: Prof Adrian Esterman

Infectious diseases

Prof Raina MacIntyre

Clinical Articles

How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?

Reports of a surge in pneumonia-like illness primarily affecting children in northern China have captured our attention...

Expert/s: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Ashley Lindsay Quigley, Haley Stone, Rebecca Dawson

Infectious diseases

Christine Carson

Clinical Articles

‘Phage therapy’ could treat some drug-resistant superbug infections, but comes with unique challenges

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development...

Expert/s: Christine Carson, Dr Lucy Furfaro

Drugs and devices, Infectious diseases, Public health

Prof Paul Griffin

Videos

Molnupiravir oral anti-viral for COVID-19

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Diseases Physician and Microbiologist A/Prof Paul Griffin explains the role of oral anti-virals in the context of the current COVID-19 virology and available therapies.

Expert/s: Prof Paul Griffin

Infectious diseases

Prof Paul Griffin

Podcasts

COVID & the elderly

COVID is still very much around, and older people are still most at risk of significant morbidity. We discuss management strategies, both in the community and in facilities, that can be beneficial in mitigating this risk.

Expert/s: Prof Paul Griffin

Infectious diseases, Public health

Prof James Wood

Clinical Articles

We’re in a new COVID wave. What can we expect this time?

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Expert/s: Prof James Wood, A/Prof Bette Liu, Prof Katie Louise Flanagan, A/Prof Stuart Turville

Immunology and allergy, Infectious diseases

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM

Videos

Recombinant herpes zoster vaccine – Now on the NIP

In this Product Explainer, Geriatrician A/Prof Michael Woodward AM provides an update on the recombinant (ie non-live) herpes zoster vaccine and inclusion in the National Immunisation Program.

Expert/s: A/Prof Michael Woodward AM

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

How GPs can help cut HIV transmission

HIV is more preventable and treatable than ever, here’s what GPs need to know…

Expert/s: Neena Bhandari

Evidence-based medicine, Infectious diseases

Dr Michelle Boyle

Clinical Articles

New malaria vaccine: How much promise does it hold?

In what was very big news for global health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M.

Expert/s: Dr Michelle Boyle, Brendan Crabb

Infectious diseases

Prof Peter Richmond

Podcasts

Meningitis in adolescents: Health risks associated with social behaviours

The incidence of meningitis in adolescents and young people

Expert/s: Prof Peter Richmond

Infectious diseases

Dr Suresh V. Kuchipudi

Clinical Articles

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as...

Expert/s: Dr Suresh V. Kuchipudi

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