Health authorities are on high alert after another melioidosis death in North Queensland amid fears the disease is occurring ...

Another person has died from melioidosis, bringing the tally to six deaths since flooding rains started in January.

The rain increases the risk of melioidosis, a bacterial infection linked to exposure to contaminated floodwaters. According ...

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

Townsville has recorded its highest level of rainfall this century in a single day, breaking a 27-year record after a ...

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

A deadly bug that has already claimed at least 16 lives in 2025 in flood-ravaged north Queensland communities is following the path of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred south. Melioidosis is a bacterial ...

Picture: Nigel Hallett As residents tidy up their properties in the days to come and water levels recede, doctors have warned them to be cautious of melioidosis, a soil-borne disease that can emerge ...

When Daniel Leoni went to bed overnight, he had no clue he’d wake up ankle-deep in floodwater just hours later.