The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria. The NT ...

The Kimberley region of Western Australia is witnessing an alarming revival of diphtheria, a disease many thought was ...

Australia faces its worst diphtheria outbreak in decades, with 90+ cases in 2026. Learn the symptoms, who's at risk, and why ...

An outbreak of the long-dormant, highly contagious bacterial infection diphtheria in Western Australia's north is raising alarm among government officials and experts.

Australia reports its first diphtheria outbreak in decades, raising global concern. Experts explain symptoms, treatment, ...

He said contact tracing is underway for people who may have come into contact with cases of diphtheria. What is diphtheria?

It’s a tragedy whenever a child dies needlessly of a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Sadly, that happens daily around the globe, due mainly to a raft of infectious diseases. One of ...

The humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have successfully ...

In cases of suspected or diagnosed diphtheria, the first step is admission of the patient to an isolation ward to prevent the spread of this highly contagious disease to other people. The treatment of ...

The diphtheria outbreak in the NT has worsened with another 10 cases since March linked to the recent outbreak says NT Health.

Diphtheria - a relatively easily-preventable infection - is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in the future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international ...

An adult from the north coast of New South Wales is the latest Australian to be diagnosed with the deadly infectious disease, diphtheria. The patient, who was diagnosed on Monday, is being treated ...