Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...

Army veteran Mathew Whitbread, 49, was fit and healthy when he contracted melioidosis while mud crabbing in north Queensland.

Research on melioidosis in Odisha reveals environmental factors influencing disease transmission, emphasizing the need for ...

The rare but dangerous soil-borne disease melioidosis has claimed another life in North Queensland overnight, but health authorities expect cases to decline as conditions dry up.

Another four people have died due to a dangerous bacterial disease plaguing far north Queensland, bringing the total number ...

Millions of Australians have been warned of a deadly “mud bug” brought out by floodwaters that has already claimed almost 20 ...

After an 'unprecedented' surge in cases this year, those in flood affected areas are being urged to protect against the ...

In Queensland, around 0.6 per 100,000 people contract melioidosis annually, but the disease is considered endemic to other parts of northern Australia too. There have been 28 reported cases in the ...

Health authorities are on alert after the recent deaths of seven people from soil-borne disease melioidosis in North Queensland. Hospitals in Townsville and Cairns are seeing a range of problems ...

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported in the state in recent weeks, which experts have described as unprecedented.

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported in the state in recent weeks, which experts have described as unprecedented.