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, Australia, is experiencing a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare antibiotic-resistant disease caused by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 person has died in Townsville after contracting melioidosis, bringing the state's death toll for the year to 15. Case numbers are expected to decline as conditions dry up. The rare but ...