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 ...

Countries including the United States and Canada have started placing travel restrictions on travellers from Ebola-hit 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 ...

Victoria is strengthening its defences against two infectious disease threats, launching a diphtheria booster vaccination ...

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, ...

Price growth across the national property market has ground to a halt, new research shows, with steep falls in Melbourne and ...