Measles immunisation for travel: how young should we go?
Measles has been in the news with outbreaks occurring globally at levels not seen for decades. Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of…
Professor Nick Zwar
Professor Zwar is a GP and executive dean at the faculty of health sciences and medicine, Bond University, Qld.
A GP guide to reducing rabies risk
Need to know: How to best advise travellers on rabies risk was a hot topic at the 2024 Southern Cross Travel Medicine Conference, held in…
A GP guide to the Japanese encephalitis vaccination update
Need to know: Japanese encephalitis has been in the news since early 2021 when cases of the disease, previously only seen in returned travellers or…
Is polio making a comeback?
Need to know: Polio has been in the news in 2022 with a resurgence of the disease in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, international…
Stem the tide: Cruising in the COVID-19 era
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cruise industry had been growing rapidly. About 30 million people globally took a cruise in 2019, according to the…
mRNA vaccines scope expands beyond COVID-19
While SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been capturing the limelight, there has also been progress in other vaccines relevant to travel medicine.
