The North Coast Public Health Unit is reminding residents and visitors to protect themselves from being bitten by mosquitoes following the heavy rain across the North Coast.

Thanks to a large donation from the Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary, patients in Northern NSW now have better access to the latest equipment for harvesting skin accurately and precisely.

Just over a year ago, patients being treated at Byron Central Hospital got the chance to proudly hang their art therapy work in the hospital foyer – with many pieces still around the hospital today.

Leanne Seiffert had never had anything to do with illness, let alone hospitals, before choosing nursing as a career.

For more information and updates regarding the novel coronavirus, please follow the link to the NSW Health website.

High temperatures are forecast to continue across the Northern Rivers as children head back to school.

Two Tweed locals are among the new medical interns who were welcomed to The Tweed Hospital this week.

Twelve new interns have joined the ranks at Lismore Base Hospital this week, among 32 junior doctors launching their medical careers in the Northern Rivers.

As part of an international response, NSW Health will help Commonwealth Biosecurity staff at Sydney Airport monitor travellers returning from Wuhan, where there is an outbreak of novel human coronavirus.

Tina Spence started nursing training more than 40 years ago, and today she still turns up to work with a smile on her face and no regrets about her choice of profession.