Juliet Richters

Couple, bed

The idea that everyone should have and enjoy sex, and continue doing so through old age, is recent, writes Juliet Richters.

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Medical abortions finally will be easily available to Australian women when the drug RU486 is listed on the PBS. But without a national data collection system, details about quality, safety or access won't be known, experts argue.

The UNSW Brainfoods event on HIV will be aired on ABC TV's new Fora program this Thursday, June 12.

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Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, a leading researcher from the UNSW has warned.

High court judge, Justice Michael Kirby, will convene a high-level forum on the future of HIV/AIDS this week.