Diseases

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine alliance,

The head of the World Health Organisation believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months and says the agency's first shipment of

Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected, and often in areas where experts

Former top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has spent time in hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is recovering at home, a spokesperson has confirmed.

Thailand has confirmed an mpox case reported this week is the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa. The

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported more than a thousand new mpox cases in the last week as African health authorities plead for vaccines to help fight its "growing"

Nearly two dozen people have died in a cholera outbreak in Sudan as the African nation reels from a 16-month conflict and devastating floods. Health Minister

Africa's top public health body has declared what it termed a "public health emergency of continental security" over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from

An outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Victoria has grown to 71 cases including an elderly woman who died in hospital, but residents near the suspected source are urged

A person has been diagnosed with leprosy in the Northern Territory - the fifth case reported in Australia so far this year. It is the first confirmed case of

People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's and face symptoms at an earlier age, researchers report in a study that could

Families and students have been urged to be alert for signs of invasive meningococcal disease ahead of a predicted peak in cases over coming months. It can

A second case of measles has been reported in quick succession with South Australian health authorities warning at-risk individuals to be on alert amid a potential wider outbreak.

A measles alert has been issued after NSW Health was notified about a woman with the infectious disease in western Sydney. There is no ongoing risk to the public,

A measles alert has been issued for a major airport, university, several flights and shops in Victoria. Five people have been diagnosed with the highly infectious

Deborah Knight was not yet 50 when the broadcast journalist received the shock news that she had contracted a painful and debilitating illness. Like many Australians,

People who attended an emergency department over a nearly six-hour window are being warned to watch for measles symptoms after a baby was confirmed to have the disease.

Syphilis cases are surging across Queensland with a 25 per cent rise in the last year alone, prompting the state government to intervene. Health Minister Shannon

The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia's Health Ministry has said. The 9-year-old's death

Schoolchildren in the Northern Rivers area of NSW may have been exposed to measles after a person with the virus recently returned from Asia. NSW Health is