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

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

The number of cases of the soil-borne infection is at an all-time high in northern Queensland, and a survivor says people ...

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 ...

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

There's been a surge of melioidosis cases this year. Here's everything you need to know about the disease, what's causing it ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

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

The number of deaths from a disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding in northeast of Australia's state of Queensland has ...

Far north Queensland has recorded another five deaths from the soil-based disease Melioidosis. Authorities are pleading with ...

The deaths of 12 people in north Queensland in a “record breaking” outbreak of a rare bacterial disease has medical ...