The Latest Breaking News from WA Health

Bunbury Regional Hospital nurse injured after being assaulted by patient

A nurse required staples in the emergency department of Bunbury Regional Hospital after being assaulted by a patient.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

COVID-19 cases aboard cruise ship in WA

Passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship docked off Western Australia's northwest have been diagnosed with COVID-19, health authorities have confirmed.

AAP · Apr 25, 2022

Hepatitis, HIV virus rates stubbornly high triggering concern for Aboriginal communities

Health authorities say while their focus was on COVID-19, bloodborne viruses such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV continue to spread at high rates in WA's Aboriginal communities.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

Former WA Health bureaucrat David Leslie Mulligan jailed for corruption

A former WA Health bureaucrat whose corrupt actions strike "at the heart of the community's trust in government" is handed a 15-month jail term.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

Omicron has already affected 107 WA schools, and that's just the start as COVID-19 takes hold

West Australian schools are facing a wave of COVID-19 cases, with thousands of students and staff already placed into isolation. So is everything going to plan?

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

WA Omicron modelling predicts 464,000 COVID cases, 129 deaths, and reopening the border will make no difference

Western Australia is expected to record almost 500,000 COVID-19 cases and 129 deaths in the six months after the border comes down on March 3, according to long-awaited Omicron modelling.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

Man with COVID-19 dies in Perth hospital as WA records 51 local cases among 99 new infections

Western Australia records 51 local cases of COVID-19 among a total of 99 new infections, with the Premier also announcing the death of an unvaccinated man in his 70s at Joondalup Hospital.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Another six COVID cases confirmed at Juniper's Cygnet aged care home in Perth's south

There have now been eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 at an aged care home in Perth's south as Western Australia records its highest number of new local cases since the start of the pandemic.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Everything you need to know about WA's rules on COVID-19 close contacts, isolation and testing

New rules for close contacts and isolation in WA are in place from today, as the state tries to limit the spread of Omicron while keeping the economy going. Here's everything you need to know.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

WA health industry pressures, 5-year contracts forcing out much-needed workers, says AMA

Workers like Sharifah Nakintu are abandoning WA Health jobs just when they're needed most and her concerns are echoed by industry leaders, including the AMA.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022