We’re just a couple of weeks away from May, which marks the official start of the influenza season in Australia. So what can we expect from the upcoming flu season and when is the best time to get your annual flu vaccine? 

Learn more about flu vaccination, virus variants and current influenza surveillance from Virologist and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Professor Kanta Subbarao.

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Learn more about Influenza vaccination and the National Immunisation Program via the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care website.

Interested in the work of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the Doherty Institute? Visit the Centre website.

Check out our episode on avian influenza: Avian influenza (H5N1): why are experts concerned about the virus reaching Antarctica?

Find out about recent announcement of funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to develop a novel antiviral drug to counter influenza.

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