Issue 105

May 2025

Viral Hepatitis Tests

Understanding the tests needed to diagnose viral hepatitis infection can be complex. This collection of resources in our library is suitable for community members and can assist with explaining tests …

Want to Get Tested? We’ll Come to Your Community

A lot of “thankyous” and laughter… not what you’d normally see in a testing clinic but that was the experience at two liver health check clinics Hepatitis SA held recently. …

Measles & Your Liver: Get Vaccinated!

With the rise of measles in the US, it's useful to know that measles can cause liver dysfunction.

Call for Universal Hepatitis B Testing to Stop the Rise in Liver Cancer Deaths

Hepatitis SA is enthusiastically backing Hepatitis Australia’s call for universal hepatitis B (HBV) testing, after new data confirmed the silent role of chronic hepatitis B in Australia’s rising liver cancer …

Closing the Ever-Widening Gap

Despite the rejection of the Voice in the 2023 referendum, some working in the sector still see hope.

Need to Act on Hepatitis D Now

The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) has recently rejected an application for a new drug, bulevirtide, to be available at subsidised rates for treatment of hepatitis D, despite submissions from …

Mouse Model Helping Develop Hep C Vaccine

Unlike a number of other viruses, hepatitis C (HCV) is only naturally found–and able to replicate–in humans and, to a lesser extent, chimpanzees. This has proven to be a major …

Pathogens Don’t Defer to Presidents or Politicians

The sudden freezing of USAID funds is jeopardising the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030. In an editorial published 14 February, the Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology said efforts to …