AFAO, Updated 2016 In Australia, each state/territory has different criminal laws under which someone can be charged with reckless, negligent or deliberate transmission of HIV to another person (generally for sexual transmission), or for exposing another person to HIV. Criminal cases in Australia involving HIV transmission or exposure are rare. The quality of Australian media reports of criminal...
Hepatitis NSW, 2016 This is a really exciting time if you live in Australia and have hep C. The Federal government has announced that new direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment drugs will be free and available to you from 1 March 2016. The new treatments are: Harvoni® (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir) two drugs combined in each pill Sovaldi® and Daklinza® (sofosbuvir and daclatasvir) separate pills, taken...
POZ, July 16, 2015 While there are no guarantees in life, once someone has been pronounced cured of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the declaration that the virus is gone for good is quite near certain. Hopefully someone who has made it to this point can feel secure in the knowledge that they have indeed started a new, healthier chapter. However, there are two reasons why a cure might not be permanent:...