NewsDesk @bactiman63 An individual in their in their 50s is the first confirmed measles case in New South Wales (NSW) since February 2020, according the health officials. The patient acquired their infection...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews NSW Health reported today the first known death in NSW linked to the Omicron variant of concern. Health officials report the patient, a man in his 80s from western...

Officials with NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are urging producers to vaccinate their livestock following confirmation of the first case of anthrax of the year. In late January 2021, anthrax...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services  have reported the first confirmed case of anthrax this year....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews China update The break-neck speed of the 2019-NoCv outbreak continues as China reported (computer translated) an additional 444 confirmed novel coronavirus cases,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with NSW Health are reporting five measles cases in people who hadn’t travelled outside Sydney. All five people first developed symptoms between Christmas...

Steve’s Farm Fresh Eggs recall The NSW Food Authority advises that the following eggs are being voluntarily recalled by ‘Steve’s Farm Fresh Eggs’ because they may be contaminated with Salmonella...

New Zealand In New Zealand, health officials have confirmed 72 measles cases since the beginning of the year, including 23 that required hospitalization. More than half the cases were reported from Canterbury,...

NSW Health now report a total of 167 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis since the strain was first detected in May 2018. The outbreak is linked to contaminated eggs. The ongoing investigation into...

Health officials in New South Wales, Australia (NSW Health) are reporting the diagnosis of measles in two infants too young to be vaccinated, who probably acquired the infection from recent cases in...