Pregnant women are routinely advised to avoid certain soft cheeses and take care when handling cat litter due to the risk of harmful infections. Far fewer are told not to share food, drinks or ...

An under-recognized strep bacterium is causing a growing number of serious infections in Australia, with First Nations Australians disproportionately affected, according to new research published in ...

Health authorities across Australia are investigating several Listeria infections. Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria officials are studying three different clusters. A brand of shredded ...

SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a ...

New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Health data released last month under freedom of information laws reveal that 6,007 patients contracted COVID in the state’s public hospitals in 2023. This ...

Australia on Monday surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases, with more than half of them recorded in the past week, as the Omicron variant ripped through most of the country driving up hospitalisation ...

The main risk factor for Campylobacter infection in Australia is eating chicken meat, according to a recently published study. Researchers recruited confirmed cases of campylobacteriosis reported to ...