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

Passengers have started disembarking from a luxury cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak killed three people. A group of Australians will be among the last to leave, as they wait for a ...

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

Australian officials did report missing virus samples in 2024, but a later investigation found incomplete lab records were likely to blame.

Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no ...

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral infection called chikungunya. Between August 2024 and May 2025, more than ...

The federal health minister says there are no immediate plans to tighten border controls after cases of a deadly virus were detected in India. Nipah virus has been detected in two people in West ...