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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health ...

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 ...

The death toll from melioidosis, a rare tropical disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding, has surged to 12 in Queensland’s northeast, more than doubling from the five fatalities reported on ...

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