From NSW Health: With summer in full swing, parents are being urged to take precautions around untreated or poorly treated water to protect children from deadly amoebic meningitis. NSW Health’s Director...

Health officials on the Pacific island of Palau are reporting an outbreak of dengue fever. According to the Ministry of Health, the first ever laboratory confirmation of two cases with dengue serotype-3...

In a follow-up on the measles situation in New South Wales, Australia, health officials have reported four additional cases in the past week, bringing the total to seven in January. The fourth case was...

Late last week, Tony Harrison of Gold Coast Snake Catcher on Australia’s east coast published an amazing video on Facebook of a call he had to retrieve a carpet python from a customer’s pool...

Western Australia (WA) Health reported this week that  three adults have been treated in hospital after being diagnosed with serogroup W meningococcal disease. There is no link between the cases. Meningococcal...

In a follow-up on the measles situation in New South Wales, NSW Health reports on a third infectious measles case in the Christmas-New Year period. A child visiting from overseas developed measles symptoms...

Health officials are warning the public about measles after two cases were confirmed over the holiday season in the Sydney area. According to NSW Health, an ACT resident who probably acquired measles from...

A teen from South Australia acquired measles while traveling in Southeast Asia and then visited a number of locations in Golden Grove and Modbury while infectious, prompting a health warning today. SA...

Health officials on the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia have declared an epidemic of dengue fever after reporting some 100 cases since November. A dengue epidemic was originally declared on 22...

The Metro North Public Health Unit has confirmed a case of measles in an adult male on Brisbane’s north side, according to a Metro North Hospital and Health Service Facebook page post. The man is...