Emergency departments busy despite late flu season
NSW Health is reminding people that despite the late start to the flu season, winter is still one of the busiest times of the year for emergency departments.
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Alerts
Bushfire smoke prompts health warning
Poor air quality across much of the Sydney basin today, particularly Western Sydney, has prompted NSW Health to warn people with respiratory conditions to limit time spent outdoors.
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Field mushrooms can be deadly
NSW Health is warning people not to eat potentially deadly mushrooms picked in the field.
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When’s the best time to get your flu shot?
NSW Health is urging people to get their flu shot by the end of May to protect themselves against the deadly bug this winter.
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Trackwork to impact Hawkesbury Road Westmead starting Friday
Sydney Trains will be undertaking maintenance work at Westmead from 7am Friday 20 April to 5pm Monday 23 April.
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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen pomegranate
NSW Health is advising consumers who have any imported frozen pomegranate purchased from Coles supermarkets in their freeze to not consume the product.
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Two new measles cases – travellers urged to vaccinate
NSW Health is asking anyone who recently visited The Children’s Hospital Westmead or two general practices in Fairfield and Liverpool to be alert to the symptoms of measles following diagnosis of two infants with measles infection.
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Two more cases linked to national listeria outbreak
The number of people affected by the national listeria outbreak has risen to 17 with two more interstate cases linked to contaminated rockmelon, a man from Victoria and a woman from Queensland.
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NSW Health confirms more listeriosis outbreak
NSW Health is urging high risk groups to be wary of foods that cause listeriosis, confirming there are now 15 cases linked to the national rockmelon outbreak, three of whom have died.
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NSW Health warns of listeriosis risk
NSW Health and the NSW Food Authority have renewed calls for high risk groups to be wary of foods that cause listeriosis after a sudden increase in cases across the state this year.
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