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A study in 35 Fijian villages has found one dose of the anti-parasite drug, ivermectin, was just as effective as two doses, taken a week apart, at significantly reducing the spread of the scabies parasite. The small mite causes ...

A team of Australian researchers and clinicians from UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney have uncovered an immune profile for long COVID, potentially paving the way for tailored treatment for those with ...

A team of researchers from the Kirby Institute and UNSW Sydney have today released preliminary data on the Omicron variant. The findings have been uploaded to a pre-print server and are yet to be peer-reviewed by independent experts.  Le

The Kirby Institute’s Dr Benjamin Bavinton was recognised for his leading research on HIV treatment as prevention with one of two Sax Institute Research Action Awards at a virtual ceremony last night. The prestigious national awards ...

The Kirby Institute’s Scientia Professor Gregory Dore and Dr Louise Causer have received NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering.  Prof. Dore was awarded the Premier’s Prize for Science and Engineering for Excellence in ...

An analysis by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney published in the lead up to World AIDS Day reveals that HIV is ‘virally suppressed’ in only 59% of children and adolescents on treatment. Globally, less than two thirds of children ...

40 years after the first case of AIDS was described in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with HIV in Australia is at an all-time low. (SYDNEY, Wednesday 1 December 2021) Across Australia, there were 633 new diagnoses of ...

Professor Virginia Wiseman, a leader in health economics and health systems, has been invited to join the Think20 (T20) Task Force 6 on Global Health Security and COVID-19, ahead of the 2022 G20 summit, which will be held in Bali, ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre has been named a member of the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC). The appointment recognises Prof. MacIntyre’s expertise in vaccinology. In an ...

(SYDNEY, Thursday 18 November 2021) Vaccines are less effective against some COVID-19 variants and boosting may be required within one year to maintain efficacy above 50%, according to a new study published today in Lancet Microbe. The

Researchers and clinicians will work in close partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop a national framework for ‘point-of-care’ testing for infectious diseases Led by Professor Rebecca Guy at UNSW ...

Congratulations to Miss Heather Valerio, who was awarded the Kirby Institute’s Postgraduate Student Prize for 2021. Miss Valerio is a PhD Student with the Kirby Institute’s Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program. She studied health ...

The Kirby Institute's Professor Rebecca Guy is among 29 of Australia's top medical and health researchers elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), in recognition of their outstanding ...

A new national report released today highlights a decline in hepatitis C testing and treatment uptake, putting Australia at risk of not achieving its target of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. The report ...

This major investment will increase access to hepatitis C testing, treatment and cures - through scale up of new ‘point-of-care' testing across the country.  (SYDNEY, Monday 20 September 2021) The Australian Government Department of ...

The Kirby Institute has been awarded $13 million in funding from the Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council, announced today by Health Minister, The Hon Greg Hunt. This includes three grants for ...

Self-testing kits increase access to HIV testing, especially among hard-to-reach, high-risk population groups, a new study by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney shows.  Gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of HIV, and frequent ...

A new PhD scholarship to train the next generation of infectious disease researchers has been announced in acknowledgement of the Kirby Institute’s inaugural Director, the late Professor David Cooper. The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney ...