Episodes

  • Would you seek contraceptive advice from TikTok?

    Would you seek contraceptive advice from TikTok?
    Aug 12 2025
    Public health experts have raised concerns about the beliefs and behaviours of individuals of reproductive age on social media. In a recent study, La Trobe University researchers looked into the rise of contraceptive misinformation on TikTok.
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    6 mins
  • Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with

    Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with
    Aug 11 2025
    A chikungunya outbreak in China has infected more than 7,000 people. Chikungunya causes fever and joint pain, but in some cases can be fatal. There is no vaccine or real treatment. Epidemiologist Jason Rasgon, from Penn State University, explains how the disease is transmitted, and why it seems to be spreading to new areas. The chikungunya virus is not currently endemic in Australia. There have been no locally acquired cases, though mosquitoes capable of spreading the virus are present in some areas of Queensland, and travellers can become infected with the chikungunya virus if travelling to a region of the world where chikungunya is found.
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    4 mins
  • Global fertility rates are dropping: it could spell disaster in the future

    Global fertility rates are dropping: it could spell disaster in the future
    Aug 8 2025
    Around the world, fertility rates are dropping. The rate for each generation to replace itself is an average of 2.1 births per woman - and many countries are well below that figure. Does it matter? Surely reducing the population will make the Earth's resources go further? In this edition of Weekend One on One we hear from Associate Professor Michael Giarrusso from the University of Texas, who says unless this trend is reversed, the world’s population will peak in the next 40 to 60 years and then plummet, causing major global issues.
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    5 mins
  • INTERVIEW: High hopes for new HIV vaccine

    INTERVIEW: High hopes for new HIV vaccine
    Aug 1 2025
    Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle have tested a new HIV vaccine using mRNA, the technology behind many COVID-19 vaccines. Scientists say results from the early-stage clinical trial offer hope for significant progress in the global effort to develop a safe and effective HIV vaccine. For this episode of Weekend One on One, Angelica Waite has been speaking with Associate Professor Seth Cheetham, Deputy Director of BASE mRNA at the University of Queensland to learn more about the study, and what it means for HIV vaccine research
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    6 mins
  • Are you delaying the dentist because of cost? Your children shouldn't be.

    Are you delaying the dentist because of cost? Your children shouldn't be.
    Jul 31 2025
    The Australian Dental Association says around 1.5 million kids are missing out on free dental care every year. This Dental Health Week, dentists are urging parents to check if they're eligible for the free dental cover and to brush up on their understanding of good oral hygiene. Meanwhile, Aboriginal health organisations say awareness around the issue is not the only barrier facing First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities.
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    7 mins
  • Hepatitis warning: migrant communities disproportionately affected by the silent killer

    Hepatitis warning: migrant communities disproportionately affected by the silent killer
    Jul 26 2025
    A new report has revealed just how disproportionately migrant communities are affected by hepatitis. Underdiagnosis of the infection, and connecting patients with care and treatment, remain the major challenges.
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    4 mins
  • Australian early intervention program for deaf children piloted in Japan

    Australian early intervention program for deaf children piloted in Japan
    Jul 26 2025
    An Australian early intervention program for deaf children is, for the first time, being piloted overseas. The therapy is for children whose family have chosen for them to be fitted with a hearing device such as a cochlear implant. The collaboration between not-for-profit The Shepherd Centre and health officials in Japan is a decade in the making.
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    5 mins
  • "We need the slip, slop, slap of brain health - now": Advocates call for new national approach to dementia

    "We need the slip, slop, slap of brain health - now": Advocates call for new national approach to dementia
    Jul 23 2025
    A leading scientist has recommended that dementia be treated as an economic crisis as well as a health issue. Over 400,000 Australians live with dementia, and with an ageing population, this is expected to double by 2050. But dementia advocates say research funding in Australia lags behind other conditions, limiting access to life-changing dementia prevention and management programs.
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    7 mins