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  • New street doctor struck

    Street doctor ready to roll

    Perth's newest mobile GP clinic has hit the road – taking doctors and health care to the suburbs.

  • Graphic of two students walking with backpacks

    Register now for your child’s high school immunisations

    If your child is starting year 7 or year 10, remember to provide consent so they can get their important immunisations as they head into the new school year.
  • Monkey sitting on a bench

    Avoid rabies on your next trip

    If you are planning to travel overseas and hope to see some amazing wildlife, you might want to think twice before you pet that cute bat or monkey. 

  • World AIDS Day

    Do you know the difference between HIV and AIDs?

    Although HIV and AIDs might be commonly known, many people do not know how they are linked.

  • Whooping Cough Day logo

    Stay up-to-date with your whooping cough vaccinations

    It's Australia's first-ever Whooping Cough Day. This initiative from the Immunisation Foundation of Australia raises awareness about the risks associated with whooping cough while encouraging you to make sure you and your children are up-to-date with whooping cough vaccinations.

  • World Polio Day

    World Polio Day

    Polio is a life-threatening disease that can cause paralysis or even death and mostly affects children under 5 years.

  • hand holding positive RAT test

    Free RAT program ends

    WA’s free Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) distribution program has now concluded.

  • Measles on a child

    Measles alert for Perth and Midwest

    Western Australians in Perth and the Midwest should be alert to the risk of measles following a confirmed case.

  • Woman talking to a pharmacist

    New option for the treatment of UTIs

    From August 2023, women who have uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) will have an additional option of accessing antibiotic treatment directly through a pharmacy.

  • Family of three sitting doctors office after getting the flu vaccine

    Free flu vaccines extended for June

    The WA Government program providing free flu (influenza) vaccines to everyone in Western Australia during May has been extended until the end of June.