Diseases

Bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed on two poultry farms in France days after it was officially declared free of the virus, the agriculture ministry says.

The likely first summer case of a potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus has been identified in regional Victoria. Japanese encephalitis, a flavivirus related

Travellers are being warned to monitor for symptoms after a new case of measles was detected after a person was exposed to the disease on an international flight.

A potentially deadly virus has sparked a cross-border warning amid fears mosquito-borne illnesses will threaten a rain-hit state. A public plea has been issued

New Zealand officials say testing shows they have contained the strain of the highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu that infected a farm this month. Mary van Andel,

A man in western Democratic Republic of Congo has died with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified virus may be involved alongside

The US has reported its first severe human case of bird flu in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalised in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard

A flesh-eating ulcer that can lead to permanent disfigurement and has no known prevention appears to be spreading along Australia's coastline. Buruli ulcer

Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry says a previously unidentified disease circulating in the southwestern Kwango province is a severe form of malaria.

The World Health Organisation says it is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate an as-yet undiagnosed disease linked

The health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks has killed dozens of people, nearly

Authorities are grappling with a significant surge in Queensland whooping cough cases, as vaccination rates in pregnant women drop. Around 12,500 infections

Canada's public health agency has confirmed the country's first case of clade I mpox in a person in Manitoba. The Public Health Agency of Canada said

With chronic kidney disease projected to be the fifth leading cause of death worldwide by 2050, advocates are calling for radical action to end Australia's dependence

Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years, with more than 400 deaths as rising temperatures and a longer monsoon season drive a surge in infections, leaving

Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person - a teenager in the western province of British Columbia - health officials say. The

Australia is in the grips of its worst whooping cough outbreak since the introduction of vaccines as people continue to fall behind on immunisations. More than

Australia cannot be complacent despite being the only continent currently without bird flu as its rapid spread remains a risk, federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says.

E.coli food poisoning linked to McDonald's burgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 US states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalised, according

The mpox outbreak has reached its peak in Victoria in line with a national surge to more than 1000 cases in 2024, with some patients ending up in hospital.