A "potentially catastrophic" decline in Australia's childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in cases of whooping cough in 35 years, infectious diseases experts say.

Queensland is bracing for a record-breaking flu season, with a Mater Hospital professor urging pregnant women and parents of young children to get vaccinated before the virus explodes. With flu cases ...

Experts say they are feeling "nervous" as Australia approached this year's flu season, with a new, fast-moving strain of influenza dubbed "Super-K" circulating as vaccine uptake dwindles.

A section of floor has caved-in at Queensland's only vaccine warehouse, causing statewide delays to childhood vaccination schedules. Photos obtained by 612 ABC Radio Brisbane shows part of the loading ...

One of the world’s most contagious diseases — capable of infecting as many as 18 people from a single case — is on the rise again, a decade after it was wiped out in Australia.