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Don’t miss the moment – Why offer COVID & flu vaccines together

Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Clinical Articles

Measles resurgence – are your patients at risk?

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Clinical Articles

Nasal flu vaccine for kids available this winter

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

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What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

Clinical Articles

First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

Videos

20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine update

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

Videos

Intranasal flu vaccine update & practical demonstration

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

Videos

The benefits of nasal saline

Could nasal saline benefit more patients than you think? In this Product Explainer, Allergist and Medical Rhinologist Dr Jessica Tattersall highlights the supportive role of nasal saline – both with and without the presence of sinonasal pathology – and raises important considerations when recommending nasal saline to patients (5 mins).

Podcasts

Invasive pneumococcal disease – What GPs need to know

This lecture equips GPs with practical updates on IPD vaccination - who, when, which vaccine, funding, and high-risk patient groups.

Clinical Articles

HPV-related head and neck cancer rates rising in young men

When identified early, prognosis is very good...

Clinical Articles

Buruli ulcer cases rising in temperate Victoria

In a strange paradox, neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer is on the rise in the distinctly non-tropical state of Victoria.

Videos

Rapid update: Respiratory viruses and vaccination

In this short video, Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on respiratory viruses, emphasising the critical need to increase vaccination uptake, particularly for COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the need for healthcare professionals to actively promote and facilitate co-administration.

Infectious diseases

Don’t miss the moment – Why offer COVID & flu vaccines together

Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Measles resurgence – are your patients at risk?

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Nasal flu vaccine for kids available this winter

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine update

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

Intranasal flu vaccine update & practical demonstration

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

The benefits of nasal saline

Invasive pneumococcal disease – What GPs need to know

This lecture equips GPs with practical updates on IPD vaccination - who, when, which vaccine, funding, and high-risk patient groups.

HPV-related head and neck cancer rates rising in young men

When identified early, prognosis is very good...

Buruli ulcer cases rising in temperate Victoria

In a strange paradox, neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer is on the rise in the distinctly non-tropical state of Victoria.

Rapid update: Respiratory viruses and vaccination

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Practical tips for setting up systems & reassuring patients...

Global outbreaks and rising Australian cases highlight the need to protect travellers...

Here's what you need to know about FluMist: how it works, who is eligible, safety, efficacy and more...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be?

In this Product Explainer, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician Prof Peter Richmond provides an update on the 20vPnC pneumococcal conjugate vaccine including availability and eligibility (4 mins).

In this Product Explainer, Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Microbiologist Prof Paul Griffin provides an update on the intranasal flu vaccine now available and provides a detailed demonstration of how to use the device (8 mins).

This lecture equips GPs with practical updates on IPD vaccination - who, when, which vaccine, funding, and high-risk patient groups.

When identified early, prognosis is very good...

In a strange paradox, neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer is on the rise in the distinctly non-tropical state of Victoria.

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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.