Australia is keeping a close watch on the Nipah virus outbreak in India, even though the virus has never been detected in the country. The outbreak in West Bengal has already claimed at least two ...

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral infection called chikungunya. Between August 2024 and May 2025, more than ...

Last week, Queensland Health alerted the public about the risk of Australian bat lyssavirus, after a bat found near a school just north of Brisbane was given to a wildlife caregiver group. The bat ...

Australia's parliament will be suspended for two weeks over fears that politicians could bring coronavirus from outbreak hotspots to the country's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced ...

Two locations have been identified as the most likely entry points into Australia for a disease that poses a huge risk to the beef and dairy industries. A University of Queensland-led team has built ...

A Virginia tomato grower has been accused of putting South Australia’s “$300 million greenhouse industry” at risk after ...

A virus tracing back to 1,500-year-old mummies is infecting patients across Australia’s Northern Territory, prompting physicians to call for increased efforts to stop infection spread, CNN reports.

When New Scientist reporter James Woodford was assigned to a story about a virus designed to kill rabbits, he never expected to be accused of spreading it ...