A gruesome flesh-eating bacteria, thought to be transmitted by an iconic Aussie animal, is spreading in one state, and health ...

Known as Buruli ulcer, a flesh-eating bacteria is spreading rapidly through a suburb in Melbourne, Australia, prompting warnings from the chief health officer to take protective measures.

Hundreds of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have been reported in Victoria this year, a new study has named a NSW tourist ...

Australian health officials are urging residents, especially on the east coast, to take precautions against mosquito bites ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Professor Ben Cowie warned the region of Victoria that cases of Buruli ulcer “remained high” across the state, with a recent increase in ...

Health officials have warned "everyone is at risk" after a sickening flesh-eating ulcer disease started to spread in a UK holiday hotspot. Two cases of Buruli ulcer have been confirmed in Batemans ...

A gruesome flesh-eating bacteria – suspected to be transmitted by an iconic animal – is spreading in one Aussie state, and health officials are warning everyone is at risk. Victoria’s Health ...

Experts say Batemans Bay has become an endemic centre for the Buruli ulcer after the cases were genetically linked to an earlier infection in another town in New South Wales. Victoria has been ...