Policies & Research

Creating a Hep C Home Test—with AI

The world could soon come to rely on at-home tests for many diseases thanks in part to "AI"-fuelled improvements.

DAA Treatment for Children

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects around 3.5 million children worldwide, and in Australia, it’s estimated that it affects at least 4 children per million under 15 years old. …

10 Ways to Reduce Blood-Borne Viruses in Prisons

Clean needle program tops the list of strategies in a consensus stastement released by the Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group.

Eliminating Mother-to-Baby Hep B Transmission?

Mother to child transmission of hepatitis B accounts for a third to half of total infections.

The Weakest Link

Australian policy makers must act to reduce the spread of blood-borne viruses (BBVs) in prisons or we won’t be able to achieve critical public health goals like eliminating hepatitis C. …

Hep C Elimination Falling Behind

A story of mixed success.
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Liver Self-Repair

Prof. Satdarshan Singh Monga discusses his team’s investigation into liver regeneration as an alternative to waiting for a transplant. The liver is known for its ability to regenerate (see last …

Are Livers Forever Young?

Of all the body’s organs, the liver has the greatest power to regenerate itself. Liver cell replacement and regeneration are vital functions that keep us feeling well and also maintain …

Hepatitis A: Will Understanding its replication lead to a cure?

Understanding how a virus replicates inside the body is crucial for working out how it spreads, and how to stop it. A research team at the University of North Carolina …

PROMPt Study Success

Suppose for a moment that you are one of thousands of people around the world each year who confront the possibility that they may have contracted the hepatitis C virus. …
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Hepatitis and Children: Part 2 – Hepatitis B and C

In our last post we looked at the mysterious new form of hepatitis affecting young children. But what about hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which are already well known problems …

Hepatitis and Children: Part 1 – The Mystery

An unusual, and probably new, form of hepatitis has appeared in a number of countries this year, first being noticed in the UK, then spreading to Spain and the Netherlands …
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The Prehistory of Hepatitis B

A new study has traced the evolution of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity. In a new paper …
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Hepatitis C – Australia likely to miss targets

Despite having been one of the countries leading in the global campaign to eliminate viral hepatitis, Australia may now not meet its 2022 national hepatitis C treatment target or the …