Experts are warning Australia's diphtheria outbreak — which has spread across state borders from a cluster in the Northern Territory to Western Australia, Queensland and South A ...

Australia reports first major diphtheria outbreak in over 50 years in Kimberley region Diphtheria causes respiratory and skin infections, spreading via respiratory droplets Outbreak linked to ...

Diphtheria is a serious, sometimes deadly bacterial infection that forms in the moist inner lining of your nose and throat, and occasionally on the skin. It can bring on breathing and swallowing ...

Australia has recorded its first reported death from diphtheria in almost a decade, after the Northern Territory declared an outbreak of the disease in March. The NT death has renewed attention on the ...

An unvaccinated toddler from the far north coast of New South Wales is in intensive care after catching respiratory diphtheria (diphtheria of the throat). A six-year-old close family contact is also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated, as a potentially deadly infection spreads across four Australian states.

It was highly contagious, lethal and mysterious. Then medical experts developed treatments and vaccines, and the affliction disappeared—but not entirely By Perri Klass | Author, A Good Time to Be Born ...

The National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System has recorded over 90 cases of diphtheria to date in 2026, with the bulk of notifications coming from the Northern Territory (57) and Western ...

Internal NT Health data leaked to the ABC reveals diphtheria case numbers surged in the NT a month before a public health alert was issued. The data also offers the first public insight into the ...

There have been more than 220 cases of diphtheria reported this year in NT, WA, SA and Queensland. The current outbreak is the largest in decades after the disease was thought to be largely eradicated ...

Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or ...

Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated, as a potentially deadly infection spreads across four Australian states. Diphtheria is a serious infection caused by the toxin-producing ...