AAP - 29-07-2015

A world health and law expert in Brisbane for a conference on biosecurity has warned the first world cannot assume it's safe from future viral outbreaks.

AAP - 19-06-2015

Queensland scientists have launched a global search for antibiotics to combat superbugs. Queensland scientists have launched a global search

AAP - 10-06-2015

Up to 40 babies and toddlers who may have come into contact with a Queensland hospital worker who has TB will be screened for the disease. Up

AAP - 21-05-2015

The Hervey Bay Hospital is disinfecting its water system after it tested positive to legionella bacteria. A Queensland hospital is flushing and

AAP - 20-05-2015

Older Australians are failing to vaccinate against a common and often fatal type of pneumonia, experts warn. Older Australians and people with chronic health

AAP - 15-05-2015

British experts are urging the global pharmaceutical industry to co-operate by setting up a fund towards finding a solution to antibiotic resistance. The global

AAP - 09-04-2015

WA's health minister has dismissed as "scaremongering" claims that patients at Perth's new hospital have been operated on with contaminated equipment.

AAP - 24-03-2015

More than a dozen people have to undergo further medical checks after health authorities screened a far north Queensland school for tuberculosis. More than 100

AAP - 17-03-2015

A Sunshine Coast mother-of-two has died in hospital after contracting meningococcal disease. A mother-of-two has died on the Sunshine Coast after

AAP - 06-03-2015

Beatrice Yordoldo has been discharged from an Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia as Liberia's last confirmed Ebola patient. Liberia has discharged