AAP - 18-09-2014

Syphilis and gonorrhoea rates are up and the number of people dying from liver disease related to hepatitis C has more than doubled in a decade.

AAP - 17-09-2014

A peak body representing hepatitis sufferers says governments need to act to prevent a "tidal wave" of life-threatening liver disease.

AAP - 17-09-2014

The UN has warned that 20,000 people could be infected with Ebola by the end of 2014, and that the world is facing a huge funding challenge.

AAP - 09-09-2014

An apparent surge in cases of Barmah Forest virus last year was down to a batch of faulty tests, which gave hundreds of false positives. A faulty

AAP - 09-09-2014

Health officials have identified clusters of an unusual virus which appears to strike children but not adults, across several US states. Clusters

AAP - 20-08-2014

Three Melbourne students have been confirmed to have measles and two other cases are suspected. Three students at a Melbourne primary school

AAP - 19-08-2014

Liberian officials are continuing to search for 17 Ebola patients who fled an attack on a quarantine centre in the capital Monrovia. Liberian

AAP - 12-08-2014

Nearly 21,000 cases of flu have been confirmed in Australia so far this year, double the number of cases at this time last year. There has been

AAP - 11-08-2014

Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015, the World Health