Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

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

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

Commissioner Steve Gollschewski will take immediate leave due to an unexpected cancer diagnosis, the Queensland Police Service confirmed on Friday. “Deputy Commissioner Shane Chelepy will commence the ...

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 ...

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

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.

Queensland Health is developing a new clinical guideline after the death of a baby at Emerald Hospital. Bec Spreadborough's baby Alby died in February 2023 after an obstructed labour and she has ...

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