Infection Control

A study into microcephaly, where babies are born with smaller heads, found foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and genetic conditions can cause the birth defect.

Infectious disease experts are warning of a post-antibiotic era in which disease-causing bacteria may no longer be able to be treated. Simple

Health authorities have ordered the decontamination of water systems in Melbourne's CBD amid an outbreak of the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease.

Australian infectious disease experts say better infection control and increased surveillance of superbugs

Occasional testing for Legionella bacteria in hot water services, air-conditioner cooling towers and other potable water is not an adequate safeguard against a disease outbreak,

Health authorities are warning of the risk of a mass-outbreak of mosquito-borne viruses in flood-beleaguered parts of NSW. An unprecedented

Health authorities are bracing for an explosion of mosquito numbers in the Top End which carry the debilitating Ross River and Barmah Forest disease.

Resistance to antibiotics caused by over-reliance on will get worse and the problem needs to be dealt with now, warns Britain's chief medical officer.

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Health authorities say they've done everything they can to prevent further deaths from a respiratory virus outbreak at a Queensland aged care hospital.

A patient at Brisbane's Mater Hospital has tested positive for legionella after undergoing three medical tests, the second case in the city this month.

Drugmakers and industry groups have asked governments to help them fight the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs that could kill tens of millions.

Cases of the potentially deadly golden staph infection are on the decline in Australian hospitals, new figures show. Potentially deadly golden

More than 180 passengers and crew on a Royal Caribbean cruise liner that has docked in Sydney Harbour have been struck down by a gastro outbreak.

A new gene making bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics and transferable between common bacteria has been found in pigs and people in China.

A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection has been hailed as a lifesaver that will combat the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Many people don't understand antibiotic resistance and think others are the problem, says new research It's not me it's them, say

A drug that is being investigated for the treatment of arthritis and cancer, may also be able to treat a stubborn bacterial infection, a study suggests.

A new study has found there is "no significant difference" between the bactericidal effects of plain soap and antibacterial soap. Antibacterial hand