05 November 2025
Thunderstorm asthma: be ready, stay safe
If you have asthma, or wheeze and sneeze during pollen season, a sudden thunderstorm asthma event could make it hard …
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Public health updates for central and western Melbourne.
Health Alerts
Information on statewide and local public health alerts
- 17 April 2025 Measles in Melbourne – have you had two MMR vaccines?
- 10 January 2025 Measles outbreak in South-East Asia with cases in Victoria
- 18 October 2024 Mpox is spreading across Victoria
- 13 December 2024 Private: Could that new or slow healing ulcer or skin infection be a Buruli ulcer from a summer mosquito bite?
- 26 September 2024 Increasing cases of whooping cough in Victoria
- 30 July 2024 Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in metropolitan Melbourne
- 06 June 2024 Avian influenza in Victoria
- 10 May 2024 Increase in COVID-19 activity
- 02 February 2024 Bicillin shortage information for health professionals
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30 July 2024
Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in metropolitan Melbourne
Western Public Health Unit is working alongside The Department of Health to investigate an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with many …
14 March 2024
Healthy swimming – it starts before you hop in the pool
Warmer weather is here, which is a great time to swim and have fun in the water. While swimming is …
07 June 2023
Handling and
preparing food safely to stay well
Being surrounded by food every day makes it easy to forget that food can be dangerous to health if not …