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Videos

Q fever: Administering the vaccine

In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

Clinical Articles

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

Clinical Articles

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

Clinical Articles

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Podcasts

Meningitis prevention – Lecture

Why there aren't many diseases that cause as much fear among both the general public and medical practitioners as meningitis

Podcasts

COVID Update – The Delta Variant, Pfizer Myocarditis, Hesitancy Strategies and Other Developments – Lecture

The recent outbreaks and clusters in Australia primarily due to the Delta variant.

Podcasts

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus – Lecture

Herpes zoster affecting the eye not only causes severe pain, but can be associated with significant long-term sequelae

Podcasts

Long COVID – Public health implications

Long COVID is a reality, but investigations rarely demonstrate significant structural damage

Clinical Articles

Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

Clinical Articles

The Hard Sell

Podcasts

Bacterial vaginosis

What causes bacterial vaginosis, and making the correct diagnosis

Videos

Q fever vaccine: Making sense of blood and skin test results

Prof Stephen Graves, Microbiologist, explains how the results of the blood and skin pre-vaccination screening tests help clinicians decide who can and who can't receive the Q Fever vaccine (4 mins).

Infectious diseases

Q fever: Administering the vaccine

In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Meningitis prevention – Lecture

Why there aren't many diseases that cause as much fear among both the general public and medical practitioners as meningitis

COVID Update – The Delta Variant, Pfizer Myocarditis, Hesitancy Strategies and Other Developments – Lecture

The recent outbreaks and clusters in Australia primarily due to the Delta variant.

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus – Lecture

Herpes zoster affecting the eye not only causes severe pain, but can be associated with significant long-term sequelae

Long COVID – Public health implications

Long COVID is a reality, but investigations rarely demonstrate significant structural damage

Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

The Hard Sell

Bacterial vaginosis

What causes bacterial vaginosis, and making the correct diagnosis

Q fever vaccine: Making sense of blood and skin test results

Prof Stephen Graves, Microbiologist, explains how the results of the blood and skin pre-vaccination screening tests help clinicians decide who can and who can't receive the Q Fever vaccine (4 mins).

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In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Why there aren't many diseases that cause as much fear among both the general public and medical practitioners as meningitis

The recent outbreaks and clusters in Australia primarily due to the Delta variant.

Herpes zoster affecting the eye not only causes severe pain, but can be associated with significant long-term sequelae

Long COVID is a reality, but investigations rarely demonstrate significant structural damage

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

What causes bacterial vaginosis, and making the correct diagnosis

Prof Stephen Graves, Microbiologist, explains how the results of the blood and skin pre-vaccination screening tests help clinicians decide who can and who can't receive the Q Fever vaccine (4 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.