A rural town in central Queensland is the latest community affected, after a case was recorded in Middlemount.

Urgent health warnings have been issued after several cases of measles were detected in South East Queensland.

In terms of overall herd immunity, the impacts at this stage may be relatively small. But measles immunity gaps are much greater in some parts of Australia, such as the north coast of New South Wales ...

A measles alert has been issued across parts of the Gold Coast after a confirmed case at a local school. Queensland Health ...

A highly-contagious virus is making a troubling comeback - a decade after it was wiped out in Australia. So far this year, ...

Australia's conservative government clashed with state lawmakers on Thursday over how fast to relax social distancing restrictions, as the number of new COVID-19 cases showed a steady decline.

So what is the chikungunya virus, how concerning is the current outbreak and what threat does it pose to Australia?