Infection Control

Health screenings will be ramped up at Australian airports as authorities confirm a Brisbane man tested for the deadly coronavirus does not have the infection.

NSW Health will help federal biosecurity staff at Sydney Airport to monitor travellers returning from China after an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus.

A man who travelled on trains and buses across Sydney in the past week has been diagnosed with highly-contagious measles. A measles

The death toll in Samoa's measles outbreak continues to climb, with a majority of children aged under five among the 53 people dead. Samoan

Roughly one in every 70 Samoans has caught measles in a devastating outbreak that has killed dozens of children in the Pacific nation. Samoa

Almost half of tested pig-product seizures from Australian airports over a two-week period tested positive to African Swine Fever fragments, authorities say.

Australian researchers say more could be done to prevent leprosy from spreading in to Far North Queensland from Papua New Guinea. James Cook

Australian parents are confused over how to prevent their children from catching a cold, according to the results of a national survey. Parents

Australian researchers have revealed the genetic structure of the influenza virus and say it could help predict a future pandemic. Australian

More than 400 babies under 12 months old have been infected with the flu in Victoria in the year to date, health department figures reveal.

Most people expect hospital treatment to make them better. But for some, a stay in hospital can actually make them sicker. Their wound

An Australian tradition of sharing fish and chips with seagulls may need a rethink after researchers found the birds carry a drug-resistant E. coli superbug.

The South Australian government has launched a new flu awareness campaign as the state's "horror" flu season continues. A new

Health authorities are pleading with members of the public to get their flu shot as dozens of influenza outbreaks ravage NSW residential care homes and continue to

A record 613,000 flu vaccines have been distributed to South Australian doctors, as the state's horror flu season continues. Nearly 19,000

Flu cases and deaths in Victoria continue to climb as winter sets in, prompting the health minister to urge people to get vaccinated and stay home if sick.

Western Australia's health minister says the state is suffering its most severe flu season on record with 15 deaths and 5777 infections so far this year.

Australians over the age of 65 or at high risk of infection are being urged to become immunised against pneumonia, one of the top 10 killers in the country.

Health authorities say the flu has claimed 35 lives in South Australia this year, with more than ten times the number of cases than the same time in 2018.

A child and five adults have been diagnosed with measles in Victoria after coming into contact with a visitor from Vietnam, state health authorities say.