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Japan: HIV PrEP also prevents hepatitis B – and works better than the hepatitis B vaccine

A retrospective cohort study of gay and bisexual men attending sexual health clinics in Japan shows that taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) not only protects against HIV but also against infection with hepatitis B, reducing the risk of it nearly tenfold.

Netherlands: Unprecedented hepatitis C infection rates seen in gay men in Amsterdam PrEP programme

It’s important to ask what risks men are taking and help them avoid ones that can transmit hepatitis C. But the ultimate answer to this is to test for hepatitis C as frequently as for other STIs and to provide affordable hepatitis C treatment as soon as possible after testing.

STIs: The symptoms and dangers of common sexually transmitted infections, and how to treat them

The last thing you want to think about when you're getting up close and personal with a new love is a sexually transmitted infection, but the truth is STIs are a reality for many Australians.