Smoke haze is currently affecting the Perth metropolitan area. It is important to take precautions to avoid exposure to this smoke.

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) will open its doors to the public on Sunday 19 May from 1.00pm to 4.00pm.

Parents of Western Australian pre-schoolers are being urged to take advantage of a free influenza vaccination to protect their children from the respiratory virus during the upcoming influenza season.

Western Australians are encouraged to provide feedback on a discussion paper entitled ‘Safe access zones – Proposal for reform in Western Australia’. It explores the value of introducing safe access zones and assesses how an appropriate legislative framework might operate in Western Australia.

The Federal Department of Health has released updated national guidelines to promote healthier and more active children.

A new adult vaccination program has been announced for Western Australians born in or after 1966 who have not already received two doses of a measles-containing vaccine.

Parents of young children in Morley and surrounding suburbs are urged to be alert to the risk of measles following a confirmed measles illness in a baby who visited the Morley Library in the City of Bayswater last week.

Community consultation is open on development of the Western Australian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Policy.

The Department of Health is advising people not to eat fish, crabs or shellfish collected from within the Swan River, extending from Pelican Point and Matilda Bay, upstream to the Garrett Road Bridge.

Consultation is now open: Western Australian parents and other interested community members are invited to participate in a consultation about proposed legislation to strengthen immunisation requirements when enrolling children into child care services and kindergarten programs, under a No Jab No Play policy.