(MELBOURNE, Tuesday 15 September 2026) The second Australian Trans and Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey, released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney at the joint Australasian HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health ...

(MELBOURNE, Tuesday 15 September 2026) There were 753 HIV diagnoses in Australia in 2025, meaning HIV diagnoses remained stable over the last three years, according to a report from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, presented today ...

(MELBOURNE, Tuesday 15 September 2026) New sexual health data released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney shows a mixed picture for Australia, with rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea remaining high after significant increases ...

The meningococcal B vaccine is ineffective in gonorrhoea prevention amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk of infection, according to findings from the world’s largest randomised control trial (RCT) into possible efficacy ...

An Australian-first survey has found that bi+ Australians experience significantly poorer sexual health and safety outcomes than the general population despite being highly engaged with healthcare.  Findings released today by the ...

(DENVER, Wednesday 25 February 2026) Contrary to existing evidence from observational studies, the meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB) has no effect on preventing the acquisition of gonorrhoea, according to the results of the world’s ...

A clinical trial led by Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has found that point-of-care testing for hepatitis B DNA is as effective as traditional laboratory testing, paving the way for faster diagnosis and treatment in hard-to-reach ...

Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer, but future gains could be undermined by falling HPV vaccination and cervical screening rates, according to the latest annual report by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in ...

In 2024:there were 5,866 diagnoses of syphilis in Australia, a doubling in the number of diagnoses over 10 years.congenital syphilis cases more than doubled since 2015, with 34 infant deaths attributed to congenital syphilis in the ...

Australian scientists will kickstart research into how early vaccine studies can safely support faster approvals of vaccines in response to infectious disease outbreaks.FEEVA (a Framework for Evidence Evaluation in Vaccine Assessment) ...

COVID and influenza are at peak circulation in winter, with several million people in Australia getting ill from these respiratory viruses each year.In a post-pandemic world, many Australians now think of influenza as the ...

Hepatitis C in Australia has decreased by 58% since 2015. More than 100,000 Australians have received curative hepatitis C treatments.There were 1,740 new hepatitis C infections in 2023. Only 8% of people living with ...

UNSW Sydney has received the largest single philanthropic donation in its history to work with regional partners to tackle one of the deadliest preventable cancers in the Pacific.    The $25.9 million donation from the Swire ...

Over the last decade, HIV diagnoses in Australia have continued to follow a downward trend, according to new data released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.While there were 722 new HIV diagnoses reported nationally in 2023 – ...

Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of ...

Biomarkers for long COVID that were present in patients at eight months have largely resolved by 24 months among a cohort of people who contracted COVID-19 during Australia’s first wave. Jointly led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW ...

Almost 90 per cent of the 57 million people living with hepatitis C live in low- and middle-income countries, but only half of these countries currently provide curative treatments at an accessible cost, says a study by UNSW Sydney’s ...

Over the past 10 years, Australian diagnoses of gonorrhoea have doubled, while diagnoses of syphilis have tripled, according to a new report released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney. Chlamydia is increasing too (up 12 ...