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

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 ...

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health ...

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 ...

An elderly person has died from the serious infectious disease, melioidosis, that can be contracted from contaminated water, ...

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

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

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.