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Yarning on Hep B at awareness day
The Weigelli Centre’s Community and Family Support team, in conjunction with Cowra Community Health held a “Yarning Hep B” awareness barbecue on Thursday, April 5. The barbecue promoted Hep B…
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Hep A outbreak linked to frozen pomegranates
A frozen food company previously linked to two outbreaks of hepatitis A in NSW has been linked to a third outbreak, after seven people in Sydney, the Central Coast and…
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Vale Professor David Cooper
It is with great sadness that Hepatitis NSW mourns the passing of Professor David Cooper AO on Sunday 18 March. David died in St Vincent’s Hospital after a short illness.…
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Reports reveal unevenness in Australia’s progress on hepatitis
The Fourth National Hepatitis B Mapping Report 2016 and the First National Hepatitis C Mapping Report 2016 were launched on 6 March. These reports reveal geographic disparities in Australia’s progress towards the elimination of…
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Last album, documentary to honour great man
The last album of Australia’s highest selling Indigenous musician, the late Dr Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, will be released next month just ahead of a documentary about his remarkable life. Both the…
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Drug saves lives of those on liver transplant list
Once every week Ballarat man Devon Warren used to have 10 litres of ascitic fluid drained from his abdomen through a needle as a result of his chronic liver disease.…
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Bondi to Coogee for hep B
AUCNTV recently organised a Bondi-Coogee walk which was well-attended and supported by several sponsors. The Australian Chinese Television Station was formally established in 2014 with a goal to promote and…
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Hepatitis NSW dragon boat team makes a splash
Hepatitis NSW have entered a Dragon Boat team into celebrations for Chinese New Year in Sydney this weekend, to raise awareness about hepatitis B. This activity has been supported by a…
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Australian tainted blood scandal
Jay Franklin was three when he had a blood transfusion, 18 when he discovered by chance that it infected him with hepatitis C, and 40 when he died in October…
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Hepatitis C drugs not being accessed
Hundreds of thousands of Australians with hepatitis C are failing to access new curative drugs, despite the Government subsidising them at huge cost to the taxpayer. The trend means the…
This page last updated 19 Jan 2018
