Posts tagged health

Same-sex couples living in Australian regions with high levels of stigma are less likely to visit the GP, more likely to use anti-depressants and more …

A recent study of 180 LGBTQI people in Japan shows that a vast number of people worry that they or their partner may be outed …

Eat well With isolation comes the three Bs: boredom, bingeing, and (can’t be) bothered. The evil accomplice of all three is comfort eating. While snacks …

As Australia’s coronavirus death toll rises to 12 and confirmed cases to 2,799, Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian AIDS Council) has a stark message …

Social distancing, shelter-in-place, lockdown, quarantine:  the global coronavirus outbreak has made these terms part of daily usage. Governments and health organisations across the world are …

On the evening of December 1, 1988, the first ever World AIDS Day, hundreds of people packed into the Martin Place amphitheatre in Sydney for …

Global specialist HIV company, ViiV Healthcare has announced that a new fixed-dose combination for “treatment-naïve adults” and adolescents with HIV type 1 (HIV-1) will be …

The state of Queensland will ban gay conversion therapy, Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles has announced.  Miles said gay conversion therapy, which seeks to alter …

When World AIDS Day was first held in 1988, it was a time of adversity, devastation and grief. Our communities were engulfed by the HIV …

The Victorian parliament passed much needed reforms to birth certificate legislation in August, but the fight doesn’t stop there. What’s next for trans advocacy? Penny, …