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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

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...

Podcasts

COVID update – Recent statistics and recent ATAGI updates

Basic statistics, epidemiology, and important events, and new variants and subvariants

Clinical Articles

Malaria cases on the rise

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

Clinical Articles

Live 8cm worm found residing in woman’s brain

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

Podcasts

COVID update – Eris, pirola and other developments

New variants (Eris, Pirola) and ATAGI guidelines

Clinical Articles

The WHO has declared Eris a ‘variant of interest’. How is it different from other Omicron variants?

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a “variant under monitoring” on July 19 after a surge in COVID

Infectious diseases

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

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...

COVID update – Recent statistics and recent ATAGI updates

Basic statistics, epidemiology, and important events, and new variants and subvariants

Malaria cases on the rise

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

Live 8cm worm found residing in woman’s brain

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

COVID update – Eris, pirola and other developments

New variants (Eris, Pirola) and ATAGI guidelines

The WHO has declared Eris a ‘variant of interest’. How is it different from other Omicron variants?

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a “variant under monitoring” on July 19 after a surge in COVID

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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.

Infectious diseases

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

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

Basic statistics, epidemiology, and important events, and new variants and subvariants

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

New variants (Eris, Pirola) and ATAGI guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a “variant under monitoring” on July 19 after a surge in COVID

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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.