NSW Health is warning people who are travelling overseas to exercise caution around animals, following many reports of travellers requiring healthcare upon arrival home due to animal bites or scratches sustained during their travels. Director of NSW Health’s One Health branch Keira Glasgow, said animals, particularly wild animals like monkeys, can carry severe and life-threatening […]
NSW Health is reminding people who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or aged over 65 years to avoid foods that can cause listeriosis, following several confirmed cases of listeria infection in NSW. Listeriosis infection, which comes from consuming food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, can cause severe illness or even death in vulnerable people. Most healthy people will not […]
When there is a change in immigration patterns in our town and cities, schools become community hubs with new opportunities to share and enrich cultural learning. That’s certainly true in NSW public schools, which have seen a doubling of students with an Indian language background over the past 10 years, according to a new study, […]
City of Sydney The City of Sydney has created a new $4.5 million grants program to help organisations distributing food to struggling households as the cost of living soars. Local food relief organisations report demand for help getting food on the table is now higher than during the pandemic, with people forgoing food to pay […]