The Latest Breaking News from NSW Health

The two-year-old child is in intensive care at a Queensland hospital, where they've been given diphtheria antitoxin, antibiotics and respiratory support.

Locations of long COVID clinics yet to be decided, but Hunter clinicians are already receiving referrals as more patients seek help.

Two new Omicron variants are set to become the most prevalent in New South Wales as a result of their "growth advantage" over previous strains, according to NSW Health.

Experts are calling for parents to be vigilant as cases of a lung virus that causes inflammation of the airways grow in NSW.

NSW Health is calling it "one of the most challenging quarters on record", citing the impact of the Omicron peak.

Health secretary says emergency departments remain under significant pressure due to high Covid-19 and flu cases

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The union representing prison officers - and a range of other workers considered by many to have been on the front line at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic - says the NSW government should also give one-off payments, like those promised to health workers this week, to employees in…

A man in his 30s has tested positive in NSW and been confirmed as Australia’s sixth case of monkeypox, with his travelling companion likely to have it too.