Cases of a deadly, vaccine-preventable strain of diphtheria have now risen to 18, after the Centre for Disease Control first declared an outbreak last month.

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

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

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

For the past 3 years, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and the National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI) have spearheaded "The Power of 10" campaign to raise awareness of ...

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

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

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 ...

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