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2 October 2023

New strategy targeting foodborne illness
WA Health is launching a new strategy to reduce campylobacteriosis – the State’s most notified foodborne gastrointestinal disease – by educating consumers and working with meat producers to investigate the processes through the supermarket.
26 September 2023

Fluoridated drinking water in Newman set to combat tooth decay
Residents of Newman in WA’s Pilbara region will benefit from the recent addition of fluoride to their water supply. Fluoridation of Newman’s water supply is part of a broad long-term strategy to combat tooth decay across Western Australia.
22 September 2023

WA Health advises travellers to protect against mpox
WA Health has confirmed a returned traveller has tested positive to mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), an infection caused by the monkeypox virus.

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15 September 2023

King’s Birthday Honours
The three public health physicians were celebrated and named on the King’s Birthday Honours List earlier this year.
13 September 2023

Health alert: Measles – 13 September
A new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller.
14 August 2023

Spleen Australia expands services to Western Australia
Western Australians without a functioning spleen and their treating clinicians can now access free specialist education and support.

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