2019 media releases from NSW Health

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2019/12 - December
- Stay healthy this New Year's eve [31 December 2019]
- Make healthy New Year’s resolutions [30 December 2019]
- Warning over deadly ‘LEGO’ ecstasy pills [28 December 2019]
- New Year heat alert [27 December 2019]
- Heat and bushfire smoke health alert for NSW [20 December 2019]
- Avoid salmonella food poisoning this Christmas [19 December 2019]
- Have a safe and healthy holiday season [19 December 2019]
- Heat and bushfire smoke health alert for NSW [18 December 2019]
- If a bat needs rescuing, call the experts [17 December 2019]
- NSW Health warns of unusual rise in viral gastroenteritis [17 December 2019]
- Eight NSW patients now receiving care [13 December 2019]
- Take care: bushfire smoke still about [13 December 2019]
- Measles alert [13 December 2019]
- Ten victims to receive critical care in NSW [12 December 2019]
- Alert: Variable and high dose MDMA tablets circulating in the community [12 December 2019]
- Warnings over counterfeit benzodiazepines [12 December 2019]
- Latest BHI report shows record winter numbers [11 December 2019]
- Young and old should heed smoke advice [10 December 2019]
- Beat the heat and smoke [9 December 2019]
- NSW Health reinforces smoke health warnings [6 December 2019]
2019/11 - November
- Get tested – Let's eliminate HIV transmission [25 November 2019]
- Safe sex reminder ahead of Schoolies [22 November 2019]
- Early season heatwave alert [19 November 2019]
- Bushfire smoke again prompts health alert [14 November 2019]
- Breathing problems up due to bushfires [13 November 2019]
- Bushfire smoke health alert [11 November 2019]
- Stop flu hitching a ride home from your holidays [4 November 2019]
2019/10 - October
- NSW Health again urges against consuming CORE Powerfoods [30 October 2019]
- Salmonella gastro linked to frozen microwave meals [19 October 2019]
- Side sleep in pregnancy to reduce stillbirth risk [15 October 2019]
2019/09 - September
- Flu case numbers continue to drop [27 September 2019]
- Measles alert following third locally acquired case [26 September 2019]
- Flu down, but not out [20 September 2019]
- Western Sydney measles alert [20 September 2019]
- Flu numbers continue to drop [13 September 2019]
- Emergency departments impacted by record flu [11 September 2019]
- Gastro cases spike among children [10 September 2019]
- Measles alert following another case from New Zealand [9 September 2019]
- Flu numbers fall as spring arrives [6 September 2019]
- Funds clarify out-of-pocket claims are false [6 September 2019]
- Measles alert for travellers to New Zealand [5 September 2019]
- Multicultural Health Week 2019: A focus on new and emerging communities [2 September 2019]
2019/08 - August
- Influenza upswing shows flu season far from over [30 August 2019]
- Alert for plane passengers after third measles case in returned traveller [24 August 2019]
- Flu continues with wintry conditions [23 August 2019]
- Two travellers return to Sydney with measles [23 August 2019]
- NSW hospitals providing more care to young people [21 August 2019]
- South Korean community urged to be alert for hepatitis A [21 August 2019]
- Flu cases remain stable across NSW [16 August 2019]
- It's not too late to vaccinate [9 August 2019]
- Flu season may have passed its peak [2 August 2019]
2019/07 - July
- Flu cases on the decline [26 July 2019]
- Get treated and cured on Hepatitis Awareness Week [22 July 2019]
- Drought may raise risk of Q fever [22 July 2019]
- Beat the flu to go back to school [19 July 2019]
- Seasons change could signal more meningococcal [18 July 2019]
- Freeze the spread of flu these school holidays [11 July 2019]
- Measles alert after a new Sydney case in a returned traveller [9 July 2019]
- New measles alert after tourist visits Sydney while infectious [6 July 2019]
- Visitors asked to get vaccinated to stop aged care outbreaks [5 July 2019]
- GP rules for vaccine storage strengthened [4 July 2019]
2019/06 - June
- Protect the elderly this winter [28 June 2019]
- Flu jab crucial as winter sets in [21 June 2019]
- NSW boasts high HPV vaccination rate for Aboriginal students [17 June 2019]
- Hand hygiene helps keep flu bugs at bay [14 June 2019]
- BHI shows effect of early flu season [12 June 2019]
- Help protect the elderly during flu season [7 June 2019]
- Measles alert for airport plane and train passengers [6 June 2019]
- Measles alert for the Central Coast and plane passengers [3 June 2019]
2019/05 - May
- World No Tobacco Day [31 May 2019]
- Winter is here – get your flu shot now! [31 May 2019]
- Know your risk, take a test, and help eliminate HIV [24 May 2019]
- Kids under five urged to get flu shot [24 May 2019]
- Updated health alert as smoke haze to continue [22 May 2019]
- Smoke prompts health alert [21 May 2019]
- Flu season starts - vaccinate now to beat the bug [20 May 2019]
- International Nurses Day celebrated [12 May 2019]
- New measles case in returned traveller [8 May 2019]
- International Day of the Midwife [5 May 2019]
- Nominations open for top nurses and midwives [3 May 2019]
- New measles alert for country NSW [3 May 2019]
2019/04 - April
- Beware the potential perils of potting mix [21 April 2019]
- Travellers heading overseas urged to get measles jab [18 April 2019]
- Don’t serve up Salmonella this Easter [18 April 2019]
- Swat the mozzies this school break [14 April 2019]
- Any day in May is great to vaccinate against flu [12 April 2019]
- Measles alert for Sydney and Maitland [10 April 2019]
- NSW vaccination rates for one year olds reach record levels [9 April 2019]
- Tourist sparks interstate measles alert [8 April 2019]
- Alert as measles cases hit north coast [7 April 2019]
- Woman with measles sparks fresh alert [5 April 2019]
- Fresh alert as measles cases hit 30 [4 April 2019]
- Measles alert two cases in infants [2 April 2019]
2019/03 - March
- Measles alert for plane passengers [28 March 2019]
- Measles alert for school kids, backpackers [21 March 2019]
- Measles alert - Two new cases in Western Sydney [19 March 2019]
- Summer flu strikes aged care facilities [18 March 2019]
- NSW Health warns of a rise in gastroenteritis among children [15 March 2019]
- NSW Health renews measles travel alert [14 March 2019]
- Dust storm today prompts health warning [6 March 2019]
- Two new measles cases in Sydney [4 March 2019]
2019/02 - February
- Mosquito trapping identifies Ross River virus [22 February 2019]
- New measles alert for Sydney residents [22 February 2019]
- More support for NSW public hospital junior doctors [10 February 2019]
- Flu hitches a ride home to NSW with travellers [8 February 2019]
- New measles alert for plane passengers [8 February 2019]
- Report into Dr Gayed released [7 February 2019]
2019/01 - January
- New measles alert for plane passengers [31 January 2019]
- Keep lunches cool as kids head back to school [30 January 2019]
- Back to school immunisation reminder [29 January 2019]
- Extra festival safety measures ready [25 January 2019]
- Two new measles cases prompts fresh alert [25 January 2019]
- New measles alert for NSW residents [24 January 2019]
- Legionnaires’ cases prompt cooling tower checks [23 January 2019]
- Air pollution warning, high ozone levels [16 January 2019]
- Heat alert across Sydney and NSW [15 January 2019]
- New measles alert for airline passengers [15 January 2019]
- Measles alert for airline passengers [14 January 2019]
- Know the effects, seek help, keep your mates safe [12 January 2019]
- Fifth infectious measles case in NSW [10 January 2019]
- A helping hand to get healthy in 2019 [9 January 2019]
- Amoebic meningitis warning as water temperatures rise [9 January 2019]
- Heat warning across Sydney and NSW [4 January 2019]
- Hospital emergency departments performing well over holiday peak period [3 January 2019]
- Third infectious measles case in NSW [3 January 2019]
- Resolve to be healthier in new year [2 January 2019]
- NSW Health issues new measles alert [2 January 2019]

Current as at: Friday 21 December 2018

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