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Podcasts

RSV – More serious than you think

RSV is a big problem in young children, under one’s and older patients. There is a significance in over 60, the mortality and morbidity does seem to increase. Vaccine fatigue is also a significant deterrent to overcome in general practice.

Podcasts

RSV – Past, present & future

RSV is a very important cause of disease for young children and older adults in winter season (May – September). Understand the natural course of the disease, and advice to give parents.

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

Podcasts

COVID update – The current COVID wave

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Clinical Articles

How GPs can help cut HIV transmission

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

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.

Podcasts

Meningitis in adolescents: Health risks associated with social behaviours

The incidence of meningitis in adolescents and young people

Infectious diseases

RSV – More serious than you think

RSV is a big problem in young children, under one’s and older patients. There is a significance in over 60, the mortality and morbidity does seem to increase. Vaccine fatigue is also a significant deterrent to overcome in general practice.

RSV – Past, present & future

RSV is a very important cause of disease for young children and older adults in winter season (May – September). Understand the natural course of the disease, and advice to give parents.

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

COVID update – The current COVID wave

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

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...

‘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...

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.

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.

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.

How GPs can help cut HIV transmission

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

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.

Meningitis in adolescents: Health risks associated with social behaviours

The incidence of meningitis in adolescents and young people

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RSV is a big problem in young children, under one’s and older patients. There is a significance in over 60, the mortality and morbidity does seem to increase. Vaccine fatigue is also a significant deterrent to overcome in general practice.

RSV is a very important cause of disease for young children and older adults in winter season (May – September). Understand the natural course of the disease, and advice to give parents.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The incidence of meningitis in adolescents and young people

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Healthed

Upcoming Healthed Webcast

Practical Strategies for Behaviour Management in Dementia

Tuesday 7th July, 7pm - 9pm AEST

Speaker

Dr Chrys Pulle

Geriatrician; Principal Investigator, Internal Medicine and Dementia Research Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital

Dr Chrys Pulle provides practical and evidence-based recommendations on how best these behavioural and psychological symptoms can be assessed and managed.