Infection Control

A salmonella threat which prompted a national egg recall may have been caused by wild birds' droppings falling on a Victorian farm. Droppings

Victorian health authorities have issued a measles alert after a woman attended the Australian Grand Prix while possibly infectious. A measles

A person has been diagnosed with the measles in Brisbane's southside with people urged to watch out for symptoms. People in Brisbane's

An Australian-developed test for gonorrhoea

The rate of golden staph infections is on the rise in Victoria and Western Australia, with men and older Aussies more likely to fall victim, research reveals.

Scientists are targeting eggs in their quest to eradicate the threats of pathogens carried by mosquitoes. Blood-sucking, disease carrying mosquitoes

An Australian-subsidised vaccine has been found to halve the number of children carrying a potentially fatal bacteria. An Australian-subsidised

Three new strains of a superbug

A native Australian plant that kills the Zika virus has also been shown to kill all four strains of the dengue virus. A mystery plant that

The federal government will hand-out thousands of rapid test kits for syphilis to counter an epidemic of the sexually transmitted disease in rural communities.

University of Queensland researchers are hoping a simple identification tool can help countries control the spread of Zika virus. A cost-effective

Adelaide researchers have developed and patented a novel approach to fight superbugs, like golden staph, by targeting the bugs’ favourite food—iron.

A new report shows the most common bacterial cause of bloodstream infections in Australia is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.

An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world’s most dangerous superbugs.

New research has shown how a recently identified sub-set of immune cells act as the body’s first responders to viral infection. In a collaboration with

The proportion of ‘staph’ infections resistant to antibiotics has increased in Australia since 2000 with most cases now occurring in the community rather than

Without intervention to reduce overprescription of antibiotics by GPs, deaths from currently treatable infections will overtake all cancer deaths by 2050.

A national report on the spread of antimicrobial

A large Australian study has found effective treatment halts HIV transmission among homosexual couples. Effective treatment prevents the transmission

Australia has a new detection system in it's fight against unstoppable bacteria known as super-superbugs. More than a thousand cases of