A man died Saturday after he was bit by a shark while spearfishing off the western coast of Australia, marking the third such ...

With global travel, a disease that begins far away can quickly become a test of systems here, and the first 24 hours would ...

The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing. On April 24, the first suspected case of the rare Bundibugyo strain ...

Australia's funding is directed through the International Federation of Red Cross and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Amid a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health authorities are investigating suspected ...

Australia may have to reassess the decision not to place any restrictions on travellers coming into the country from areas ...

Despite the Melbourne scare, Griffin said the risk to Australia remains low. When asked whether Australia should follow the US in restricting entry from impacted African nations, Griffin said such ...

Clare Huppatz, the first woman to be appointed WA's chief health officer, takes up her role at a time when Ebola, diphtheria ...

The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is being been driven by a rare variant called the Bundibugyo virus, which has no drugs to treat it or a vaccine. The Bundibugyo variant, ...

OPEC plans to hike production by 200,000 barrels per day despite the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed, making it ...

An Ebola scare at the Sunshine Coast has been averted as a father and son with symptoms of the deadly disease tested negative ...