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

Another four people have died due to a dangerous bacterial disease plaguing far north Queensland, bringing the total number of deaths to twelve. Queensland health confirmed the news on Tuesday, with ...

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The melioidosis outbreak has claimed two more lives in Cairns, as case numbers continue to grow alongside the wettest March ...

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

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

As the clean-up begins in the wake of ex-cyclone Alfred, health experts have issued a warning to residents about the deadly melioidosis bacteria, which is found in mud and water and comes to ...

The death toll in Queensland has risen to 16 amid the unprecedented increase in infections. A health expert in Cairns says the rate of cases appears to be slowing, but urged people to take precautions ...

Queensland's unprecedented melioidosis outbreak has claimed another life, taking the death toll to 20. An elderly man died in the Townsville health district on the weekend, the eighth death in the ...

The melioidosis outbreak has claimed two more lives in Cairns, as case numbers continue to grow alongside the wettest March in Far North Queensland’s history. There have been 77 cases of ...