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
Health authorities have issued an urgent warning after a one-year-old boy in Adelaide was diagnosed with measles. The one-year-old had just returned from overseas with his family, and is recovering in hospital in a stable condition. South Australian health officials were notified of the infectious child, who had travelled intoContinue Reading
Two more cases of measles have been identified in Melbourne as health officials scramble to identify any possible exposure sites. A total of three cases of the highly-infectious virus have been identified in returned overseas travellers across the state, while a case has also been reported in NSW. On Sunday,Continue Reading
Health authorities are urging Sydneysiders and Canberrans to be on the lookout for signs of measles after a case was confirmed in an international traveller. The case is an adult who had been returning from India, where measles outbreaks have been occurring in recent weeks. Those who were on AirContinue Reading
A killer drug-resistant fungus is spreading at a rate that’s raising concern for experts, figures have shown. The Last of Us-like bug, kills up to 60 per cent of those it infects and has now been recognised as a serious global health threat. While the fungal infection at the heartContinue 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