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

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.

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

Large parts of north Queensland have been smashed with 300m of rainfall and flash flooding today, leaving roads swamped and ...

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

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 ...

Melioidosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, and is primarily acquired by inoculation, inhalation and/or ingestion of soil- and water-dwelling environmental ...

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

Health authorities in the tropical north coast region of Queensland confirmed on Tuesday that the death toll from melioidosis in the current wet season has risen to 12, up from five deaths that had ...

In the past week, the total number of cases for melioidosis in Far North Queensland reached record-breaking levels. There have been 87 reported cases in the Cairns and Townsville regions since the ...