Posts tagged UNSW Kirby Institute

Last year, 30,000 Australians were treated for hep C, up from just 3,000 the year prior.

THE creation and launch of an Australian first PrEP trial has been the proudest moment of NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner’s career.

3700 people in NSW being eligible to receive PrEP by early 2016 will not only reduce new HIV transmissions but should also pressure the rest of Australia to follow suit.

FOR 27-year-old HIV-positive man Ben, commencing treatment has been a complete life-changer. Especially after he experienced anxiety, stress and fear that saw the loss of …

The Wickham Hotel has refused to allow the annual Gay Community Periodic Survey and COUNT study from being held at the venue. The decision has been labelled “disappointing” and “concerning” by academics running the surveys and the hotel has been urged to reconsider.

New research figures from the Kirby Institute reveal the rate of new HIV diagnoses have significantly declined in Queensland, bucking a national trend of an …

ROBERT BURTON-BRADLEY Doctors are warning that gonorrhoea is a “ticking time bomb” which is getting close to being resistant to key front-line treatments. Head of …