The Latest Breaking News from Brett Sutton

A woman from north west Victoria who died earlier this month was the first person to contract Murray Valley encephalitis in the state almost five decades.

Victoria's chief health officer has issued a health warning on invasive group A streptococcal disease following an increase in cases

Millions of Australians have been warned to wear face masks as the nation's latest COVID wave peaks over the busy Christmas period.

Exclusive: Kerry Chant reiterates importance of vaccine boosters as Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB tipped to become dominant

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says Victoria is seeing the start of a COVID-19 wave due to new Omicron sub-variants. An epidemiologist says while it means people should be more aware of the virus now, there's no need to panic.

Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says the state's monkeypox outbreak has "turned around", with no new cases reported in the past couple of weeks.

With most pandemic restrictions a thing of the past and isolation periods shortening, Australians are almost back to enjoying lives as they did before COVID. While there is growing hope of a light at the end of the tunnel, experts are split on whether we're at the beginning of the…

Anti-lockdown advocates have been claiming online this week that Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton admitted that vaccines never worked. But that's not what he said.

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While there's no end in sight just yet for ongoing COVID waves, there is some hope that we will be better equipped for when one does arrive.

Authorities remain concerned about the overrepresentation of older people in the state’s hospitals