Measles cases are on the rise globally. Should we be concerned?
Despite being vaccine-preventable, outbreaks of measles are currently occurring in every region of the world, with many countries reporting their first case in years. In Australia, the disease was con...
1 Mar 202414min
How machine learning pinpoints origin of Legionnaires’ disease
Legionnaires’ disease made headlines in Australia at the beginning of the year due to an outbreak of the lung infection in Sydney’s city centre. Fundamental to effective Legionnaires’ disease outbreak...
16 Feb 202418min
Buruli ulcer part two: a diagnosis and advocating for change
Numbers of Buruli ulcer cases have been increasing to between 200-340 cases per year since 2017, with 363 cases diagnosed in Victoria during 2023 alone. Mornington Peninsula resident, Ella Crofts, wh...
1 Feb 20248min
Buruli ulcer part one: 80 year-long transmission mystery solved
The debilitating ‘flesh-eating’ infection that is Buruli ulcer has captivated Victorians in particular over the last 10 years or so, due to its increasing incidence in the state. Mosquitoes have been ...
1 Feb 202425min
Avian influenza (H5N1): why are experts concerned about the virus reaching Antarctica?
While much of our attention has been on COVID-19 over the last few years, another pandemic has reeked havoc on more than 200 species of wild birds. The spread of H5N1 or bird flu as its more commonly ...
18 Jan 202420min
Life As We Knew It: the extraordinary story of Australia’s pandemic
We're joined by multi-award winning journalists, Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham, to chat about their new book Life As We Knew It. The book tells the gripping inside account of Australia’s extraordin...
4 Jan 202439min
Melbourne-made covid vaccines show robust potential for boosters
In a major coup for the Doherty Institute and the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, our two COVID-19 vaccines went head to head in a Phase 1 clinical trial in 2022. The interim results have...
22 Des 202329min
Autoimmune skin conditions could be treated by targeting t cells
Our immune system is made up of many types of cells. Many people will have heard of T cells that fight infection, but did you know there are many different subsets of T cells? In this episode we're ta...
8 Des 202315min
