Queensland Health said it had launched an investigation into a fast food outlet in Logan, in Brisbane’s south, where the meals were believed to have been purchased. The patients presented themselves ...

Five people in South-East Queensland were hospitalized after consuming brodifacoum, a potent rat poison, believed to be from a fast-food outlet. This anticoagulant disrupts blood clotting, leading to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queensland Health is scrambling to identify how at least five people were poisoned in Brisbane’s south, with tests confirming they were ...

Queensland Health launched the probe after a cluster of patients turned up to hospital with common symptoms. All five victims attended Logan and Princess Alexandra hospitals. Chief health officer ...

Every movement and food purchase made by the families who ingested the bait is being meticulously traced by the state’s top food detectives to determine the source of the poisoning cluster. Metro ...

But Queensland Health, despite not yet finding ground zero of the poisonings, is assuring the community there is nothing to be alarmed about “at this time”. Five people, all from the Logan area, have ...

Patients presented themselves to Logan and Princess Alexandra hospitals after they consumed the suspected poisonous meals. Chief Health Officer Dr Catherine McDougall advised staff in an internal ...

The alarming cluster of poisonings has sparked a major investigation by Queensland Health and the police to trace the source of the contamination. As the victims recover, investigators are racing ...

Queensland Health has launched an urgent investigation after fears that fast food meals in Logan may have been contaminated with rat poison, leaving five people hospitalised in the past week. Chief ...

A public health probe has not yet identified the source of a cluster of rat poisoning cases in the Logan area. Five patients, including one child, are now at home and recovering after presenting to ...