Diseases

More than 700,000 South Australians have had a flu vaccine this year with a program of free jabs boosting numbers in recent weeks. The state government is offering

The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international

Australia has had its worst May on record when it comes to flu cases, prompting experts to warn this season will redefine what it means to be ready for the virus.

UK health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases, bringing the total in the disease's biggest-ever

Toiling on a construction site or in a mine apart can result in a deadly lung disease that a new parliamentary report is urging the NSW government to take seriously.

There have been more than 1000 monkeypox cases reported to the World Health Organisation in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads.

Canada has issued a monkeypox travel notice, advising visitors to more than two dozen countries, including Australia, Britain and the United States, to take precautions and

NSW has confirmed its fourth, and identified a probable fifth, case of monkeypox. Two men in their 30s recently returned from Europe, where they had travelled

A Victorian man has become the fifth monkeypox case detected in Australia after returning from the United Kingdom. The returned overseas traveller, aged in

A man in his 50s who recently returned to Sydney from Queensland is the second person to be diagnosed with monkeypox in NSW and the third in Australia. The

NSW has recorded its lowest quarterly number of HIV cases but health authorities remain concerned because testing rates have also declined. Chief Health Officer

People who have been in central Sydney are being warned to watch out for symptoms of legionnaires' disease after six cases were recorded in the past two weeks.

Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17 people

The World Health Organisation says monkeypox constitutes a moderate risk to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease

Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least

A World Health Organisation senior official says containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries is a priority and can be achieved through quick action. Monkeypox,

There's been a spike in the number of people being poisoned by eating wild mushrooms in NSW, with authorities warning ingesting the fungi can be fatal.

A second man has died in NSW from Japanese encephalitis in an outbreak that began earlier this year. The man in his 60s from Corowa, near the Victorian border,

State health authorities are warning people to be vigilant after two cases of monkeypox were confirmed in NSW and Victoria. The cases - a man in his 40s in

A Victorian medical research organisation will partner with Moderna to develop new vaccines for emerging and neglected infectious diseases. The Burnet Institute's