The heavy rain and flooding that caused so much damage in north Queensland has now cleared, but in its wake stirs a deadly ...

The number of deaths from the soil-borne infection is at an all-time high in northern Queensland, and a survivor says people ...

Queensland, Australia, is experiencing a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare antibiotic-resistant disease caused by ...

A woman who survived after contracting melioidosis is urging people to stay alert to the potentially deadly disease. North ...

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

Queensland, in northeastern Australia, experienced heavy flooding after storms dumped more than 1.5 metres (59 inches) of ...

The number of deaths from a disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding in northeast of Australia's state of Queensland has ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

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

Nine people have died from a bacteria-borne disease since the start of the year in what health authorities have described as ...

Northern Territory residents are being urged to take precautions against Melioidosis, a potentially deadly bacterial ...

An elderly person has died from the serious infectious disease, melioidosis, that can be contracted from contaminated water, ...