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At least 17% of Australian adults are estimated to have recently had COVID-19 by the end of February 2022 Adults aged 18-29 had the highest proportion of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 Queensland had the ...

Kirby Institute Professor Basil Donovan has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen’s Birthday honours.  Professor Donovan, who is a sexual health physician and Head of the Kirby Institute’s Sexual Health ...

Researchers from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have developed a world-first method for rapid isolation and characterisation of COVID-19 variants. The methodology, which has been shared with the global scientific community through ...

Former NSW Minister for Health, The Honourable Jillian Skinner, was awarded a Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa, for her leadership and service to elimination of HIV transmission in NSW, and Australia more broadly. At the UNSW ...

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks of how addressing inequitable access to advances in healthcare can help prevent the cracks of inequality in society. In her address at the 2022 David Cooper Lecture, former Prime Minister ...

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded $2.15 million in funding to a Kirby Institute project to decrease adverse perinatal outcomes and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in the Pacific region as ...

Research at a Glance: An international study has found the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin prevents dangerous bacterial complications of scabies in Fiji when delivered on mass scale The drug was administered to the whole population of ...

A team of researchers at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have been awarded $1.8M from the NSW Government to undertake research aimed at preventing people acquiring a range of infectious diseases. The funding announced today is ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has received the largest known cryptocurrency donation to an Australian higher education institution, which will support an open-source tool providing pandemic early warning signals. Ethereum

Researchers at the Doherty Institute and Kirby Institute have gathered evidence to clarify the role vaccine-induced T cells play in the fight against COVID-19. While there is compelling evidence neutralising antibodies are important ...

Infectious disease physician Dr Gail Cross has been awarded the inaugural David Cooper Scholarship. Thanks to generous donations made in memory of the Kirby Institute’s inaugural director, the late Professor David Cooper AC, the ...

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has established the NHMRC David Cooper Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award.  Announced at the annual Research Excellence Awards, the award recognises the highest ranked ...

The World Health Organization has set an ambitious target to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. Some countries, including Australia, have made good progress, but if elimination is to be achieved, existing health ...

Community pharmacies play a crucial role in responding to the pandemic, but they require access to guidelines and equipment, a new study in Indonesia reveals Drug retail outlets such as community pharmacies and private drug stores ...

The COVID-19 pandemic once again saw graduation ceremonies cancelled in 2021, but despite the challenges of studying and working during the pandemic, the Kirby Institute was proud to celebrate the completion of 13 of our PhD students’ ...

The Kirby Institute is delighted to welcome Professor Claire Vajdic, a leader in cancer epidemiology and population health.  Prof. Vajdic is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in research using linked ...

New COVID-19 prevalence survey launches Australia will soon have its first estimates of how many people contracted COVID-19 during the Omicron wave. Routine COVID-19 reporting is based on a positive PCR or rapid test result and may ...

When it comes to seeking medical care after an animal bite, experts say ‘make it snappy’ to avoid an infection that’s worse than the bite. (CAIRNS, Friday 18 March 2022) Snake, dog and cat bites were responsible for the majority of ...