I define “organized numbness” as the organized inability to perceive sensations, a learned
desensitization operating in the way our (1) bodies,(2) language, and (3) knowledge are …

In May 2022, a global outbreak of mpox (formerly monkeypox virus) affected thousands of
mainly gay and bisexual men. Mpox is usually a time-limited illness that can involve fever …

Contemporary sociological work has emphasised that family is not static, but actively shaped
by ideas of who and what makes family. Disclosure of an illness, including diagnosis of …

In Australia, the response to HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B has largely been through the
constructed category of 'blood borne viruses' which treats these viruses as an …

Background Pregnant women are a priority group for hepatitis B testing. Guideline-based
care during antenatal and post-partum periods aims to prevent mother-to-child transmission …

Programs and policies are increasingly framed by the logics of “evidence-based policy,” a
term subject to critical scrutiny and change after it emerged as an explicit valuing of specific …

A virus has a social history. In the case of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV, this history is
one involving stigma and discrimination, advocacy and activism, and recent dramatic …

The “my health, our family” research project was established to document stories of what
serodiscordance (mixed infection status) means for Australian families affected by HIV …

Background Hepatitis B is a chronic viral infection, a leading cause of primary liver cancer
and identified as a major public health priority by the World Health Organization. Despite a …

'Risk'has long been at the centre of expert and popular perceptions of transmissible and
stigmatised blood-borne viral infections, such as HIV and viral hepatitis. There is a …