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Infectious disease experts are warning of a post-antibiotic era

AAP - 17-04-2017

Infectious disease experts are warning of a post-antibiotic era in which disease-causing bacteria may no longer be able to be treated. Simple

 
Water systems are being disinfected following Legionnaires' outbreak in Melbourne

AAP - 13-04-2017

Health authorities have ordered the decontamination of water systems in Melbourne's CBD amid an outbreak of the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease.

 
Experts say superbugs pose "critical risk to humanity"

AAP - 01-03-2017

Australian infectious disease experts say better infection control and increased surveillance of superbugs

 
Call to step up management of legionella disease risks

HealthTimes - 19-01-2017

Occasional testing for Legionella bacteria in hot water services, air-conditioner cooling towers and other potable water is not an adequate safeguard against a disease outbreak,

 
A mass-outbreak of mosquito-borne viruses in NSW

AAP - 22-11-2016

Health authorities are warning of the risk of a mass-outbreak of mosquito-borne viruses in flood-beleaguered parts of NSW. An unprecedented

 
Explosion of mosquito numbers in Darwin

AAP - 20-10-2016

Health authorities are bracing for an explosion of mosquito numbers in the Top End which carry the debilitating Ross River and Barmah Forest disease.

 
Antibiotic resistance set to worsen

AAP - 13-05-2016

Resistance to antibiotics caused by over-reliance on will get worse and the problem needs to be dealt with now, warns Britain's chief medical officer.

 
Qld hospital takes action to limit lethal outbreak

AAP - 25-01-2016

Health authorities say they've done everything they can to prevent further deaths from a respiratory virus outbreak at a Queensland aged care hospital.

 

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