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

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

A rare soil-borne disease is infecting people in far North Queensland. Here’s everything you need to know about melioidosis.

The rare but dangerous soil-borne disease melioidosis has claimed another life in North Queensland overnight, but health ...

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

Three people have died from melioidosis in the Townsville area which follows four deaths from the disease in the Cairns ...

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

A new melioidosis death has been recorded in Townsville overnight, bringing the current North Queensland tally to six deaths ...

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

A soil-dwelling bacteria has killed 14 people in Australia's flood-hit state of Queensland, officials said, as health experts ...

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

One in five people are dying of a record breaking tropical disease with more than three times the number of cases reported ...