NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reports a new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller. There have been a total of 4 cases of measles identified in Victoria...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health is reminding people who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or aged over 65 years to avoid foods that can cause listeriosis, following several confirmed cases of listeria...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Following two recent measles cases reported in travellers who have returned from Bali, New South Wales (NSW Health) officials urge the public planning to travel overseas to ensure...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the highlands of Papua New Guinea in the 1950s and 60s it was noticed that people (mostly women) of the Fore tribe were dying of what was originally thought to be a genetic disorder...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Metro North Public Health Unit has issued a measles alert following a confirmed case of the highly infectious disease in an adult on Brisbane’s northside. The adult male was unknowingly...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A case of invasive meningococcal disease has been notified in a 25-year-old man from metropolitan Adelaide. The case has been admitted to hospital and is in a critical condition. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Leptospirosis In Fiji,  the Eastern Division is currently experiencing a leptospirosis outbreak in Kadavu Medical Subdivision as of June 22. Since the beginning of the outbreak,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 As of the 25 May 2023, the emergency declaration for measles was extended for another two weeks until 8 June, under an amended declaration issued by the Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga. There...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the leptospirosis situation in Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Ministry of Health reported seven new leptospirosis cases from 15 May to 24 May. This brings the total cases...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health has identified an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease involving three cases who have spent time in Cheltenham and the surrounding suburbs. Cases...