Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status ...

Release of a virus to control carp in Australian waterways has been delayed until 2028, a decade after it was initially ...

Days of heavy rain followed by warm, humid weather have produced ideal breeding conditions in South Australia, and ...

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral infection called chikungunya. Between August 2024 and May 2025, more than ...

A leading infectious disease expert says authorities are "keeping a close eye on what's happening overseas", after a woman died in Bangladesh from Nipah virus late last month. UNSW's Professor Raina ...

Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in its second-biggest city, including an overnight curfew and a ban on weddings for the first time during ...

Last week, Queensland Health alerted the public about the risk of Australian bat lyssavirus, after a bat found near a school just north of Brisbane was given to a wildlife caregiver group. The bat ...

Australia is keeping a close watch on the Nipah virus outbreak in India, even though the virus has never been detected in the country. The outbreak in West Bengal has already claimed at least two ...

A virus tracing back to 1,500-year-old mummies is infecting patients across Australia’s Northern Territory, prompting physicians to call for increased efforts to stop infection spread, CNN reports.