Army veteran Mathew Whitbread, 49, was fit and healthy when he contracted melioidosis while mud crabbing in north Queensland.

Health authorities in Townsville are urging people to take precautions following a rare diphtheria diagnosis and a growing ...

The Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service is investigating the third incident of a patient wandering from one of its ...

A mix-up with two women’s tests led one to undergo unnecessary surgery while the other was not treated for cancer for months.

A Gold Coast smoke shop has been ordered shut by Queensland Health as part of a new crackdown on illegal tobacco and vapes.

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...

This year, the number of flu cases recorded by Queensland Health in the Metro North area is 3.1 times higher than average, and in Metro South 2.8 times higher. Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, an infectious ...

For 10 months in 2020, her son had been a regular patient of Queensland Health's Gold Coast mental health service. He had battled mental health issues since his teenage years after suffering ...

The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland.

It’s important to act quickly if you think a snake has bitten you or someone else,” the Queensland Health website stated. People were urged to call Triple Zero if a snake bite occurred.

The lives of two BreastScreen Queensland patients have been shattered by the wrong cancer diagnoses, sparking a high priority ...