Infection Control

The UN health agency has raised concerns about a "large outbreak" of Legionnaire's disease in Portugal. An outbreak of Legionnaire's

A plane was forced to delay disembarking after fears that unwell passengers on an Air New Zealand flight could be infected with norovirus.

Three people who travelled with Jetstar from Indonesia to Brisbane last week have contracted measles. Passengers who flew from Indonesia to Brisbane last Wednesday

The death of a toddler from meningococcal disease in Townsville has prompted a warning to react quickly to symptoms of the deadly illness.

The Australian Medical Association says there is no need to over-react about a Cairns nurse's Ebola scare. There's no need to panic

A Spanish nurse who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital has become the first person to contract the disease outside Africa. A Spanish

Brazil has begun releasing mosquitoes immunised against dengue fever in a bid to cut the number of people who contract the illness. Ten thousand

Chikunganya, a disease which emerged in Africa is sweeping through South America, causing devastating illness, although only few fatalities. SANTO DOMINGO,

A large international study has identified five genes that play a role in whether people develop severe malaria or not. Five genes that play

The quest for a breath test to diagnose tuberculosis has been boosted by a new technique that could determine what strain of the infection the patient has.

Victoria's health department has launched a statewide plan aimed at containing Ebola, though officials say the risk is very low. Authorities

Syphilis and gonorrhoea rates are up and the number of people dying from liver disease related to hepatitis C has more than doubled in a decade.

A peak body representing hepatitis sufferers says governments need to act to prevent a "tidal wave" of life-threatening liver disease.

The UN has warned that 20,000 people could be infected with Ebola by the end of 2014, and that the world is facing a huge funding challenge.

An apparent surge in cases of Barmah Forest virus last year was down to a batch of faulty tests, which gave hundreds of false positives. A

Health officials have identified clusters of an unusual virus which appears to strike children but not adults, across several US states. Clusters

Three Melbourne students have been confirmed to have measles and two other cases are suspected. Three students at a Melbourne primary school

Liberian officials are continuing to search for 17 Ebola patients who fled an attack on a quarantine centre in the capital Monrovia. Liberian

Nearly 21,000 cases of flu have been confirmed in Australia so far this year, double the number of cases at this time last year. There has

Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015, the World Health