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

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

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.

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

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 ...

Heavy rainfall and flooding damaged homes and vehicles in Australia, with locals even reporting shark sightings in inland ...

As the clean-up begins in the wake of ex-cyclone Alfred, health experts have issued a warning to residents about the deadly ...

Queensland residents are being urged to take precautions around cyclone floodwaters to avoid infection with a potentially fatal bacterial ...

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 ...