A consortium of Australia’s leading infectious disease research centres – the Kirby, Doherty, and Burnet Institutes – together with international collaborators, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and FIND, the global alliance ...

Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however, these antibodies are not as effective against contemporary ...

(SYDNEY, FRIDAY 2 JULY 2021) New research from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney shows that HIV transmissions are at historically low rates among almost 10,000 high-risk gay and bisexual men on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the HIV ...

Forty years after the first diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, Australian scientists from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have uncovered a vital link in the relationship between HIV and ageing. The results ...

Australian researchers have identified the immune response associated with protection from COVID-19 – a discovery that may help cut the time it takes to develop new vaccines. (SYDNEY, Monday 17th May 2021) The early immune response in ...

Hepatitis C testing and treatment in prisons is key to reducing infections, a new study by the Kirby Institute has shown. (SYDNEY, Friday 7 May 2021) A world-first Australian study has shown that broad access to hepatitis C testing and ...

A targeted vaccine strategy is critical in preventing infections and reducing deaths if supply does not allow for mass vaccination, a Kirby Institute study shows. (SYDNEY, Wednesday 5 May 2020) New research from UNSW’s Kirby Institute ...

Australian scientists have described the evolution of immunity levels up to four months following COVID-19 infection, finding that while antibody levels drop dramatically in the first one to two months, the decrease then slows down ...

A team of leading Sydney researchers is pioneering the use of a fast genomic sequencing technology to help determine the source of hard-to-trace coronavirus cases. Thanks to cutting-edge ‘Nanopore’ genome sequencing technology, ...

There were 903 new HIV diagnoses in 2019. This represents a decline of 12 per cent over five years. While long term trends suggest HIV is declining in Australia, there was a slight increase in HIV numbers from 2018–2019.   The ...

New report shows stigma remains high despite access to highly effective treatments. Fewer Australians are seeking testing and treatment for hepatitis C, according to a new report from Burnet and Kirby Institutes monitoring Australia’s ...

A new study has estimated how health workers’ risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection differs from that of the broader community. (SYDNEY, Thursday 12 November, 2020) Australian doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are nearly three times ...

Only a small proportion of Sydney’s population were infected by SARS-CoV-2 earlier this year, a new report co-led by the Kirby Institute says. Australia’s first population-level antibody study designed to shed light on how many people ...

A clinical trial across 12 countries will test a potential COVID-19 treatment, using antibodies purified from plasma taken from people who have recovered from the disease. Researchers from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney together ...

A new publication from researchers at UNSW Sydney advises daily washing of cloth masks to reduce the likelihood of contamination and transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Cloth masks must be washed daily at high temperatures to be ...

Almost half of gay and bisexual men (GBM) who were using PrEP have stopped using it during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney published today in the Journal of Acquired Immune ...

People with asthma will be donning face masks this bushfire season to test whether COVID-19-type coverings can also protect vulnerable lungs from smoke. Respiratory experts at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney along ...

Gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Australia are heeding public health advice and having less sexual contact with other men due to COVID-19 physical distancing measures, according to new research by UNSW’s Kirby Institute published today in ...