Public Health Advice
Measles - 28 June 2008
NSW Health has today renewed its warning to the community to be on the look out for the symptoms of measles following three new cases in the last month.
Meningococcal Disease - 5 May 2008NSW Health reminds the community to be alert for the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease as the number of cases generally increases in the lead up to winter and spring. Measles Advice for General Practitioners - 11 April 2008Cryptosporidiosis - 11 December 2007NSW Health Director of Communicable Diseases, Dr Jeremy McAnulty today urged people who have been sick with diarrhoea not to enter swimming pools until at least two weeks after they have completely recovered. This follows a sharp increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis across NSW in recent weeks. Shiga toxigenic E coli (or STEC) infection - 27 November 2007Seven people in NSW, including three children are suspected to have contracted a rare form of bacterial gastroenteritis caused by Shiga toxigenic E coli (or STEC) infection.
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