Infection Control

A three-year-old child is the youngest of 26 people whose deaths have been attributed to Victoria's early-starting flu season this year.

Doctors are warning of a horror flu

Health authorities say South Australia's flu season is unprecedented with more than 12,300 cases so far this year. South Australia

E. coli, golden staph and the bacteria causing gonorrhoea are growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a report into Australia's health system has found.

Australia is on track to record its highest number of rubella cases in five years despite the country recently being declared 'free' of the contagious illness.

The WA health department has issued a Measles alert issued for WAmeasles alert after someone who travelled to Perth from Thailand was confirmed to have the contagious

Queenslanders are being urged to ensure they've had two doses of the measles vaccine after 13 confirmed cases in the state already this year.

Queenslanders have been warned about the dangers of measles and overseas travel after more than half of the 12 cases already diagnosed this year were linked to overseas

A measles alert has been issued after unvaccinated travellers caught the disease in Asia and then passed through the Gold Coast and several NSW towns.

Another case of measles has been diagnosed in Victoria, this time for a person who spent several hours at Melbourne airport. Health authorities

NSW Food Authority said Ash and Sons Eggs is conducting a recall of various cartons of 12 eggs due to potential salmonella contamination. NSW

Victorian and Queensland health authorities have issued a measles alert as a young man is treated for the infectious disease in a Melbourne hospital.

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