Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A biosecurity breach has come to light in Queensland, Australia, where 323 vials containing live viruses, including Hendra virus, ...
More than 300 live virus samples went missing from an Australian state-run laboratory in the province of Queensland in what public health officials have deemed a “major breach” of biosecurity.
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 ...
Researchers have mapped the northern gateways where the cattle disease, lumpy skin disease, could first enter Australia, ...
An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said on Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat ...
When New Scientist reporter James Woodford was assigned to a story about a virus designed to kill rabbits, he never expected to be accused of spreading it ...