A health alert has been issued for travellers who passed through Sydney Airport and Adelaide Airport last week. A person infected with measles flew from Dubai to Sydney with Emirates on Tuesday and then on to Adelaide with Qantas. Measles is a highly contagious disease, which can spread when anContinue Reading
Sydney residents have been put on alert for signs and symptoms of measles after a positive case was detected in a child. People who attended Blacktown Hospital emergency department from 9.30am to 3pm on Friday, February 23 have been told to be on the lookout for symptoms, such as aContinue Reading
Health authorities have issued an alert for mpox after the first locally acquired case was detected in nearly six months in Victoria. The latest case of mpox, formally known as monkeypox, has not been linked to international travel. Authorities believe the mpox case suggests local transmission may be occurring withinContinue Reading
Australian hospitals are witnessing a worrying number of emergencies related to Ozempic overdoses. The Victorian Poisons Information Centre has received 82 related calls within two years, with the primary reason for calls (74 per cent) due to medication administration errors. Meanwhile, data from the NSW Poisons Information Centre, first reportedContinue Reading
A measles warning has been issued by NSW Health after two cases from the same family were detected upon their return from overseas. The pair visited several locations in Sydney while infectious, especially around the Rose Bay and Randwick areas in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. South Eastern Sydney Public Health UnitContinue Reading