The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times ...

The state’s health department warned that the risk of contracting mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Japanese Encephalitis ...

Queensland has recorded its first probable death from the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) since 2022. Mackay Hospital and Health Services said a man from Bowen was being treated at ...

with the first locally-acquired case of JEV recorded in January in Townsville. Health authorities also recorded the first ...

A Bowen man has become the first person in Queensland to die from Japanese encephalitis virus, prompting mosquito trapping ...

Queensland is bracing for what is expected to be a record-breaking flu season, with health professionals issuing an urgent ...

A Bowen man has become the second person to die from a probable case of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in Queensland, a ...

Cases of Japanese encephalitis have already been reported from Queensland in 2025. Due to concern about Japanese encephalitis virus and other mosquito-borne pathogens, health authorities around ...

One person died after five cases of the virus were detected in Queensland in 2022, but there have been no further cases until this year. “While most people infected with JEV experience only mild ...

Queensland is bracing for a record-breaking ... and parents of young children to get vaccinated before the virus explodes. With flu cases already on the rise across the state, the state government ...

Three cases had been recorded this ... you can reduce your chance of this virus.” Professor Griffin said the recent weather across Queensland played a role in the spread of mosquito-borne ...