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01/07/09

The Department of Health is advising people to avoid contact with a section of the Swan River in Applecross following a sewage spill this morning.

29/06/09

Seven residents from the remote Goldfields’ Aboriginal community of Kiwirrkurra have tested positive for human swine influenza...

27/06/09

A 26-year-old Perth woman has become the second Western Australian to die after being diagnosed with human swine influenza.

22/06/09

A 26-year-old WA man, who had a number of serious medical conditions, and had tested positive for the Human Swine Influenza virus...

17/06/09

Western Australia has today moved to the new national response phase to manage the outbreak of human swine influenza following an announcement...

14/06/09

Two more Western Australian schools will have classes disrupted this week due to outbreaks of human swine influenza.

13/06/09

The Department of Health has reassured people with mild flu-like symptoms that they may not need to go to the GP or hospital...

11/06/09

The WA Department of Health is reminding young women that there is still time to get a free cervical cancer vaccine to protect against...

06/06/09

Late yesterday evening the Department of Health confirmed two more cases of human swine influenza in Western Australia...

04/06/09

WA Health has extended its voluntary quarantine policy for children who have travelled to areas affected by human swine influenza.

03/06/09

The Department of Health has today confirmed Western Australia’s second case of human swine influenza in a 17-year-old female from Hillary’s...

30/12/08

A Department of Health study has found no evidence of an increased cancer risk for staff at Busselton Hospital....