The Latest Breaking News from NSW Health

Inquiry into the state’s use of consultants to examine why local health districts paid firms $124m since 2011

Each Omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features – the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people with BA.5, then the confusing variant mix in the summer wave of 2022-23.

The NSW environmental watchdog has requested a health risk analysis to determine if dust from a gold mine near Orange is impacting the community.

Newcrest Cadia Holdings has until Tuesday to respond to the draft pollution notice

A new report into NSW Health's response to COVID-19 shows already under-staffed rural and remote health services did not have capacity to "surge" the workforce at the peak of the pandemic.

Jeff Craven had a hard decision to make — wait weeks to get cancer treatment locally on the NSW Mid North Coast, or travel to Sydney. His surgeon says more could have been done to get him care closer to home.

This respiratory virus is so common that most children will have had at least one infection before they turn two. Most cases are mild, but it can cause severe illness for young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.

We’ve just revealed the extent of the close relationship between tobacco lobbyists and government, in the first Australian study of its kind.

It is unclear when cyber criminals managed to breach the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, which is part of Westmead Hospital, but NSW Health officials said they were alerted to the threat late on Thursday afternoon.