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

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

A woman who survived after contracting melioidosis is urging people to stay alert to the potentially deadly disease. North ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The death toll from melioidosis, a rare tropical disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding, has surged to 12 in Queensland’s northeast, more than doubling from the five fatalities reported on ...