Public health authority NSW Health has issued a warning over spikes in whooping cough and pneumonia, with children and teens catching both highly contagious infections at “unseasonably high” levels. Concerningly, the latest outbreak of pneumonia has led to “unseasonably high numbers of presentations to emergency departments” across the state, especiallyContinue Reading
A mother of 13 has died following a two-week health battle in intensive care after catching the flu. Julie Theobald, 47, caught a terrible flu and was rushed to a Melbourne hospital — her first time on a plane — after her condition began to deteriorate. The flu became pneumoniaContinue Reading
An emergency “Code Yellow” has been declared in one state’s public hospital system as a new Covid and flu wave smashes health staffing numbers and generates a surge in new patient presentations. South Australia Health chief executive Robyn Lawrence triggered the emergency on Thursday and at a press conference onContinue Reading
When Kate Walker first reached for a vape at the age of 16, she was unaware she was inhaling addictive chemical nicotine. The NSW resident said she became addicted “really quickly” and was soon vaping “all the time” before the habit landed her in hospital with pneumonia in 2022. “IContinue Reading
Dr Norman Swan has been told to “just please stop” with the “scaremongering”, after the ABC’s health expert advised Aussies to mask up at Christmas and get the latest booster amid a new Covid wave. “Can someone please tell my mate Dr Norman Swan, just to beat it,” 2GB hostContinue Reading
NSW will pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, bringing the state in line with other states including Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, and join more than 500 city signatories across the world. Marking World AIDS Day on Friday, NSW Health Minister Ryan Park will sign theContinue Reading
Students have been invited to join a roundtable into reducing the vaping in NSW schools. The round table be occur on November 16, with a number of principals, health experts and other stakeholders including NSW’s chief health officer Kerry Chant, Cancer Council NSW’s Tobacco Control Unit Alecia Brookes and UniversityContinue Reading
A teenager from the NSW Central Coast has died after contracting the influenza B virus. In a statement, a spokeswoman from the Central Coast Local Health District confirmed the recent death of the school girl from influenza. “We offer our sincere condolences to the student’s family and friends at thisContinue Reading
Children under 16 years old have been urged to get their flu jab, as NSW battles a spike in severe infections of influenza B, with extreme cases requiring the use of heart-lung bypass machines. In the week to July 2, health data revealed a 37 per cent jump in peopleContinue Reading
An epidemiologist has warned Australians not to become too complacent about Covid-19 as the country is about to enter its fifth wave, with infection rates more than doubling in the past three months. Compared to a rolling seven-day average of 2670 cases per day recorded on March 1, Australia’s CovidContinue Reading