The disease, dubbed as one of the wet season monsters, is always more prevalent during the more rainy and stormy time of year. The bacteria responsible for the disease live deep in the soil but rise ...

Four people from across the Mackay and Whitsunday regions have been hospitalised with the potentially fatal soil-borne disease melioidosis. Cases of the disease have risen sharply over the past year, ...

Four people have been diagnosed with potential melioidosis infections in north Queensland, as the clean-up continues after heavy rain and floods. Health authorities say all four of the people affected ...

The cluster, involving patients aged between 67 and 89, follows the heavy rainfall and flooding left behind by Cyclone Koji, sparking fears of further infections as residents begin the grim task of ...

Melioidosis is a little-known tropical disease now seen as an emerging global public health threat. The disease is caused by bacteria that live in soil and groundwater, and no vaccine exists to ...

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