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

Cases of the infectious disease diphtheria have significantly soared in the last month as numbers quadruple in the Northern ...

The Northern Territory is experiencing an increase in cases of diphtheria.Diphtheria is an uncommon bacterial infection that can cause severe illness ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It affects the nose and throat ...

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

The Northern Territory Department of Health has declared an outbreak of diphtheria, with four cases of a deadly strain now ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...