Call for action on hepatitis C
Tasmanians with hepatitis C are being encouraged to seek treatment and stop the disease from spreading.
View ArticleHepatitis education call
Tasmanian public health experts are urging the government to help reduce public ignorance about hepatitis.
View ArticleStudents to be tested for HIV
More than a dozen students at Dover District High School in southern Tasmania will undergo testing for HIV and other blood-borne diseases after a class experiment.
View ArticleSchool experiment HIV risk hidden: mother
Authorities have been accused of wanting to hide the consequences of an experiment that resulted in HIV testing on school children.
View ArticleStudent HIV scare reignites teacher training concerns
A health scare sparked by a school science experiment has reignited concerns about teacher training levels.
View ArticleBid to monitor science teacher training
The Tasmanian Parliament has passed an Opposition motion to audit the qualifications of science teachers in all state schools.
View ArticleHigh school blood testing breached guidelines
A teacher who conducted a blood testing experiment with Dover District High School students has been found to have breached guidelines.
View ArticleSchool blood tests breached guidelines
An Education Department report has found a Tasmanian teacher who conducted blood tests on 19 high school students breached guidelines.
View ArticleNew weapon in hepatitis fight
Doctors hope a new program will reverse a national trend of poor treatment rates for Hepatitis C.
View ArticleFrozen berries and hepatitis A: Local growers quick to freeze fruit after...
Australian berry growers swoop in on the frozen market to spruik a local product in the wake of hepatitis A scares linked to imported fruit.
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