Another male koala stares blankly through narrowed slits. His left tear duct is so inflamed his eyeball is barely visible. This hospital is ground zero of a grim chlamydia epidemic which is ...

On the table, unconscious and stretched out on a pillow, Joe Mangy looks deceptively peaceful. The koala's watery, red-rimmed eyes are the only sign of the disease at war with his body. Tubes ...

A leading doctor has weighed in on viral social media claims that say that it’s possible to get chlamydia from touching gym equipment.

Joe Mangy is one of thousands of koalas treated for chlamydia each year [Tiffanie Turnbull/BBC] On the table, unconscious and stretched out on a pillow, Joe Mangy looks deceptively peaceful.

"It saved her life… but she can't reproduce," the head vet Michael Pyne says. Another male koala stares blankly through narrowed slits. His left tear duct is so inflamed his eyeball is barely visible.

There are major concerns that koalas in Australia could become extinct due to a chlamydia epidemic that is killing thousands. BBC News Australia has reported that a vaccine, which has been in the ...