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Infectious diseases, Respiratory and sleep, Vaccination

Videos

Protecting young lungs – Paediatric insights to RSV

A/Prof Daryl Cheng will provide an update on the RSV immunisation program, discussing the burden of disease, and how this is being affected by the new immunisation initiative.

Expert/s: A/Prof Daryl Cheng

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

A GP’s guide to recognising and managing Long COVID

A/Prof Bernard Shiu, GP and Director of the Geelong Long COVID Clinic, explains how to support patients with Long COVID when their recovery does not follow the expected path.

Expert/s: A/Prof Bernard Shiu

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

Long COVID: Supporting patients over time

Epidemiologist Prof Adrian Esterman joins Dr David Lim to unpack the true burden of long COVID in Australia, and the potential long-term implications for patients and the healthcare system.

Expert/s: Prof Adrian Esterman

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What’s the risk of humans getting sick from bird flu?

Experts explain the situation now, and what could happen if the virus mutates further...

Expert/s: Healthed

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Australia

Here’s what you need to know…

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Geriatric medicine, Infectious diseases, Vaccination

Videos

RSV prevention in adults: NIP listing for older adult RSV vaccine

In this Product Explainer, A/Prof Michael Woodward AM, Geriatrician, outlines NIP eligibility criteria and provides practical guidance on recombinant, adjuvanted RSV vaccination, administration and co-administration in older adults.

Expert/s: A/Prof Michael Woodward AM

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?

The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing.

Expert/s: Healthed

Infectious diseases, Vaccination

Podcasts

Covid-19 infection – What we know now

Dr Peter Lin provides an overview on what is now known about Covid - in particular the pathophysiology of the infection and its systemic effects.

Expert/s: Dr Peter Lin

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

Hantavirus on our doorstep?

Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

Expert/s: Dr Gary Grohmann

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID-19: Beyond respiratory illness – The role of ACE2

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

Expert/s: Dr Peter Lin

Infectious diseases, Vaccination

Videos

Current COVID management in primary care: Vaccination, antivirals, and pre-planning work together

In this Product Explainer, Specialty Primary Care Physician Dr Peter Lin explains how COVID’s pathogenesis is primarily mediated via the ACE2 cell receptor. Dr Lin outlines how antivirals are an essential early treatment for vulnerable patients, and emphasises the importance of advance planning in this context.

Expert/s: Dr Peter Lin

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID-19 and the elderly this winter

What if a “flatter” COVID curve isn’t the good news it seems for your older patients? In this episode, epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman challenges some comfortable assumptions about COVID in the elderly and outlines a few simple GP led changes that could make a life saving difference this winter.

Expert/s: Prof Adrian Esterman

Infectious diseases

Protecting young lungs – Paediatric insights to RSV

A/Prof Daryl Cheng will provide an update on the RSV immunisation program, discussing the burden of disease, and how this is being affected by the new immunisation initiative.

A GP’s guide to recognising and managing Long COVID

A/Prof Bernard Shiu, GP and Director of the Geelong Long COVID Clinic, explains how to support patients with Long COVID when their recovery does not follow the expected path.

Long COVID: Supporting patients over time

Epidemiologist Prof Adrian Esterman joins Dr David Lim to unpack the true burden of long COVID in Australia, and the potential long-term implications for patients and the healthcare system.

What’s the risk of humans getting sick from bird flu?

Experts explain the situation now, and what could happen if the virus mutates further...

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Australia

Here’s what you need to know…

RSV prevention in adults: NIP listing for older adult RSV vaccine

In this Product Explainer, A/Prof Michael Woodward AM, Geriatrician, outlines NIP eligibility criteria and provides practical guidance on recombinant, adjuvanted RSV vaccination, administration and co-administration in older adults.

Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?

The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing.

Covid-19 infection – What we know now

Dr Peter Lin provides an overview on what is now known about Covid - in particular the pathophysiology of the infection and its systemic effects.

Hantavirus on our doorstep?

Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

COVID-19: Beyond respiratory illness – The role of ACE2

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

Current COVID management in primary care: Vaccination, antivirals, and pre-planning work together

COVID-19 and the elderly this winter

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A/Prof Daryl Cheng will provide an update on the RSV immunisation program, discussing the burden of disease, and how this is being affected by the new immunisation initiative.

A/Prof Bernard Shiu, GP and Director of the Geelong Long COVID Clinic, explains how to support patients with Long COVID when their recovery does not follow the expected path.

Epidemiologist Prof Adrian Esterman joins Dr David Lim to unpack the true burden of long COVID in Australia, and the potential long-term implications for patients and the healthcare system.

Experts explain the situation now, and what could happen if the virus mutates further...

Here’s what you need to know…

In this Product Explainer, A/Prof Michael Woodward AM, Geriatrician, outlines NIP eligibility criteria and provides practical guidance on recombinant, adjuvanted RSV vaccination, administration and co-administration in older adults.

The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing.

Dr Peter Lin provides an overview on what is now known about Covid - in particular the pathophysiology of the infection and its systemic effects.

Consultant Virologist Dr Gary Grohmann joins host Dr David Lim to unpack the recent Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship and what it means for Australian general practice.

Dr Peter Lin unpacks how SARS CoV 2 uses the ACE2 pathway to turn a respiratory infection into a systemic disease, explaining long COVID, thrombotic events, and severe outcomes in vulnerable patients.

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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.