North Queensland is recovering from weeks of wet weather that caused record-breaking flooding from Mackay to Cairns, with two ...

SYDNEY: Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland have reported a fifth death from melioidosis linked to heavy rainfall, reported Xinhua.

An elderly person has died from the serious infectious disease, melioidosis, that can be contracted from contaminated water, ...

Authorities are concerned about the death toll caused by a disease linked with heavy rain, with the number of cases rising in ...

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health ...

Another person has died from a disease linked with heavy rain in a flood-hit region that may soon be on cyclone watch. Queensland Health confirmed an elderly person had died of melioidosis in ...

Newcastle mum Jude Hunter says medical professionals failed her child – and shattered her entire family – after the teenager ...

Another death from melioidosis has been confirmed, bringing to the total number of deaths from the flood-borne infectious disease to three.

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