The Latest Breaking News from Queensland Health

The outbreak of the deadly “mud bug” melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year.

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 carer group.

Collariums, which emit UVA radiation, are often advertised on private social media accounts, thwarting search warrant efforts

A sexual assault victim waited nine hours to be examined by a doctor at a Queensland hospital but the premier says the system is improving.

Each year, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney surveys hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australia to understand trends in substance use around the country.

From doctors’ offices to family gatherings, larger-bodied people report being bombarded with unsolicited advice about their eating and exercise habits. The underlying message? They “just need to lose weight” to fix almost any health problem.

Hearing about poo is too evocative and gross in most settings – but if there’s something affecting our health, we have to talk about it

Queensland health department praised for campaign to warn against ‘ignoring your need to poo’

Queensland Health lauded for social media campaign raising awareness of the dangers of ‘holding it in’