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AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine withdrawn – right to the end it was the victim of misinformation

The development has been covered in various media outlets as primarily related to the known “adverse events”, namely the small risk of blood clots. However, other factors are far more likely to be driving this decision...

Podcasts

Long COVID update

Listen to the latest on Long COVID, with Dr Gary Grohmann, where we address the important considerations for Long COVID, what we know now, and how to treat, prevent and reduce the severity of Long COVID.

Podcasts

Using the new RSV vaccine in practice

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

Podcasts

Adult vaccination – What’s new? – Lecture

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

Clinical Articles

Vaccine mandate for health workers in NSW likely to end

Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first to need two doses to keep their jobs.

Clinical Articles

Tapeworm in bacon-lover’s brain presents as migraine

A middle-aged man from Florida with a history of migraines saw his GP. After the CT scan, something alarming was revealed: his brain was infested with tapeworm cysts...

Videos

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted

In this Product Explainer Geriatrician A/Prof Michael Woodward AM explains an adjuvanted vaccine indicated for the active immunisation of individuals 60 years and older for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).¹

Clinical Articles

COVID causes cognitive decline, drops in IQ

From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19.

Videos

Understanding long COVID

Prof Andrew Lloyd answers questions on what exactly long COVID is, and how it is diagnosed. And most importantly, how it is managed at a general practice level.

Podcasts

RSV – A serious adult disease worth preventing

In this episode, understand whether RSV is more serious than influenza. It's impacts on morbidity and mortality in the elderly are underestimated and effective prevention strategies for the Australian community are imminent...

Clinical Articles

COVID is surging – What should we expect?

Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia.

Podcasts

RSV in adults

Important to highlight and make people aware of RSV and where it sits, and vaccines for patients over the age of 60 are coming, pending approval

Infectious diseases

AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine withdrawn – right to the end it was the victim of misinformation

The development has been covered in various media outlets as primarily related to the known “adverse events”, namely the small risk of blood clots. However, other factors are far more likely to be driving this decision...

Long COVID update

Listen to the latest on Long COVID, with Dr Gary Grohmann, where we address the important considerations for Long COVID, what we know now, and how to treat, prevent and reduce the severity of Long COVID.

Using the new RSV vaccine in practice

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

Adult vaccination – What’s new? – Lecture

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

Vaccine mandate for health workers in NSW likely to end

Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first to need two doses to keep their jobs.

Tapeworm in bacon-lover’s brain presents as migraine

A middle-aged man from Florida with a history of migraines saw his GP. After the CT scan, something alarming was revealed: his brain was infested with tapeworm cysts...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted

In this Product Explainer Geriatrician A/Prof Michael Woodward AM explains an adjuvanted vaccine indicated for the active immunisation of individuals 60 years and older for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).¹

COVID causes cognitive decline, drops in IQ

From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19.

Understanding long COVID

Prof Andrew Lloyd answers questions on what exactly long COVID is, and how it is diagnosed. And most importantly, how it is managed at a general practice level.

RSV – A serious adult disease worth preventing

In this episode, understand whether RSV is more serious than influenza. It's impacts on morbidity and mortality in the elderly are underestimated and effective prevention strategies for the Australian community are imminent...

COVID is surging – What should we expect?

Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia.

RSV in adults

Important to highlight and make people aware of RSV and where it sits, and vaccines for patients over the age of 60 are coming, pending approval

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The development has been covered in various media outlets as primarily related to the known “adverse events”, namely the small risk of blood clots. However, other factors are far more likely to be driving this decision...

Listen to the latest on Long COVID, with Dr Gary Grohmann, where we address the important considerations for Long COVID, what we know now, and how to treat, prevent and reduce the severity of Long COVID.

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM outlines the challenges associated with getting older people optimally protected.

Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first to need two doses to keep their jobs.

A middle-aged man from Florida with a history of migraines saw his GP. After the CT scan, something alarming was revealed: his brain was infested with tapeworm cysts...

In this Product Explainer Geriatrician A/Prof Michael Woodward AM explains an adjuvanted vaccine indicated for the active immunisation of individuals 60 years and older for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).1

From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19.

Prof Andrew Lloyd answers questions on what exactly long COVID is, and how it is diagnosed. And most importantly, how it is managed at a general practice level.

In this episode, understand whether RSV is more serious than influenza. It's impacts on morbidity and mortality in the elderly are underestimated and effective prevention strategies for the Australian community are imminent...

Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia.

Important to highlight and make people aware of RSV and where it sits, and vaccines for patients over the age of 60 are coming, pending approval

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Upcoming Healthed Webcast

Eczema Practical Updates for General Practice

Tuesday 12th May, 7pm - 9pm AEST

Speaker

A/Prof Li-Chuen Wong

Consultant Dermatologist; Senior Specialist Visiting Medical Officer, Head, Dermatology Department, Children's Hospital at Westmead

In this talk, Associate Professor Li-Chuen Wong will outline a practical, structured approach to managing these patients. We invite you to join the next Healthed webcast.

In this Product Explainer Geriatrician A/Prof Michael Woodward AM explains an adjuvanted vaccine indicated for the active immunisation of individuals 60 years and older for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).¹