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The man had returned from Bali, where he is believed to have caught the illness  (stock)

Outbreak fears sweep Australia after a traveller returned home from Bali with a highly contagious infection

By NICHOLAS COMINO, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 05:37 EDT, 13 August 2025…

Highly contagious disease detected in the outback

Health officials in Western Australia are urging fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers to get…
The number of measles cases across Western Australia has grown to eight

Urgent health warning for Aussie state as outbreak of contagious disease spreads

By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 10:44 EDT, 30 March…
Passengers who were on flight SQ225 Singapore to Perth on Sunday are being warned to look for measles symptoms (stock image of measles)

Urgent measles warning for Perth after contagious disease spreads

By LISA EDSER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 09:40 EST, 12 December…
A massive spike in whooping cough has been recorded in Queensland with the number of cases nearly 23 times higher than last year

Two-month-old baby dies as highly contagious infection wreaks havoc in Australia and one state records 23 times more cases than last year

An unprecedented whooping cough epidemic is spreading throughout Australia, alarming health authorities…