At least one patient is dead and scores are infected with diphtheria, a disease that haunted humanity for thousands of years ...

Changes in the epidemiology of diphtheria are occurring worldwide. A large proportion of adults in many industrialized and developing countries are now susceptible to diphtheria. Vaccine-induced ...

An unvaccinated preschooler from Ostrava died of diphtheria, prompting concern over parents delaying children’s scheduled ...

The ABC reports the victim was a man in his early 60s with pre-existing heart issues from a remote Central Australian community and died at Alice Springs Hospital on Sunday. It is the second reported ...

Nome, Alaska, sits just two degrees north of the Arctic Circle. A historic Alaskan town, Nome was the site of a gold rush at ...

A disease thought to have been long dead by health experts has experienced a massive resurgence in Australia in recent weeks. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection that can affect the nose, ...

But it is not just the Territory. The biggest outbreak of diphtheria ever recorded in Australia is spreading from the Northern Territory and into Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia. Of ...

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The first time the Northern Territory GP and public health medical officer Dr John Boffa learned that the highly contagious bacterial ...

Australia is currently dealing with its biggest diphtheria outbreak in decades, with more than 230 confirmed cases reported in 2026. Health authorities say that the rise has mainly affected areas in ...

Australia is experiencing its worst diphtheria outbreak on record. Some of the misinformation circulating online about the outbreak has falsely linked it to migration. Once one of Australia's most ...

The number of cases in WA’s worst diphtheria outbreak has risen to 85, as health officials seek to boost vaccinations rates of the illness in vulnerable communities.