A rare bacterial disease which can cause brain damage has claimed over 20 lives this year, with fears that heavy rains in ...

The wave of melioidosis infections has been exacerbated by poverty and the increasing severity of storms and floods resulting ...

After being named 2024 College Dux and receiving the prestigious Anthony Family Trophy, Douglas Shire local Tully Smith ...

People working outdoors have been warned to take precautions as hospitals see a significant increase in melioidosis cases.

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

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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 ...