The number of deaths linked to melioidosis—a soil-transmitted illness—in Queensland, Australia, has risen to 31 this year, as ...

An outbreak of a soil borne disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding has resulted in dozens of deaths in northern Queensland this year.

Melioidosis is rare disease caused by bacteria found in soil and water in northern Australia and Southeast Asia - Anadolu ...

Another person has died from a rare tropical disease in North Queensland, bringing the state's death toll to 31, but doctors ...

Almost 2000 ballots that went missing on election night in the Sydney electorate of Barton have now been recovered at the home of a temporary AEC worker.