Health officials in Victoria issued a health alert today over a foreign backpacker who tested positive for measles. It is believed that the infection was acquired overseas. The patient attended a number...

In a follow-up on the listeriosis outbreak in Australia linked to tainted rockmelon, health officials report two additional cases and one death. The number of people affected by the national listeria...

In a follow-up on the hepatitis A outbreak in Victoria, Australia, Deputy Chief Health Officer, Victoria, Dr Brett Sutton says cases of hepatitis A continue to increase in Victoria, with one death having...

Metro North Public Health Unit (MNPHU) has confirmed a case of measles in an infant boy in the Brisbane area. Public Health Physician Dr Megan Young said MNPHU was working with the health care facilities...

In a follow-up to a report yesterday, NSW Health is now confirming 15 listeriosis cases linked to the national rockmelon outbreak, three of whom have died. Dr Vicky Sheppeard, Director Communicable...

Health and Food authorities in New South Wales (NSW) are advising consumers who are most vulnerable to Listeria infection such as older persons, and people who have weakened immune systems due to illness...

The New York State Department of Health announced Friday that a tourist from Australia who has been confirmed to have measles visited hotels in Manhattan and Brooklyn, was part of an Oasis Bible Tour...

Victorian men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs are being urged to get a free hepatitis A vaccination following a death in Victoria. Victoria’s Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Brett...

Three cases of Legionnaires’ disease are being investigated by the Department of Health & Human Services to determine a possible link to cooling towers in the south eastern area Melbourne’s...

There has been one confirmed case of measles in Melbourne. The infection was acquired in Victoria and it is possible that the infection was acquired at Centrelink in Dandenong between Monday 22 January...