The rare but dangerous soil-borne disease melioidosis has claimed another life in North Queensland overnight, but health ...

A north Queensland veterinarian says "our animals are at risk" of a potentially deadly bacteria causing melioidosis that's ...

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

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

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

A new melioidosis death has been recorded in Townsville overnight, bringing the current North Queensland tally to six deaths ...

A soil-dwelling bacteria has killed 14 people in Australia's flood-hit state of Queensland, officials said, as health experts ...

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

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

The number of deaths from a disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding in northeast of Australia's state of Queensland has ...

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