To lower nuisance populations and reduce disease transmission, the district has a new project that sterilizes small male ...

Queenslanders are being warned of an expected surge in mosquito-borne viruses after flooding rain, as the state records its second death this year from Japanese encephalitis. With towns like ...

Orange County will release sterilized male mosquitoes to reduce populations of the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti. The ...

Queensland recorded more cases of severe mosquito-borne illnesses, including malaria and dengue fever, in the first three months of 2025 than there were in the same period last year. The state has ...

Queensland's Department of Health says there's been a rise in mosquito-borne infections since last year. 46 cases of malaria were reported between January 1 and March 30, according to the Courier ...

Mosquito and sandfly numbers are set to soar as flooding subsides in outback Queensland. The swarming insects pose serious health risks to humans and threaten the lives of cattle. Cattle that ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The state has seen an explosion in mosquito-borne infections following record flooding, increased ...

Surveillance programs detected the virus in a mosquito sample in the eastern Brisbane suburb of Hemmant last month — the first time the virus had been found among mozzies in the Queensland capital.