Experts are warning Australia's diphtheria outbreak — which has spread across state borders from a cluster in the Northern ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A rare but serious infectious disease is making an unexpected comeback. Australia has reported a diphtheria outbreak in the Kimberley region, its first significant resurgence in over 50 years, ...

Diphtheria, in its respiratory form, produces a severe toxin which damages the heart, nerves and kidneys.

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 ...

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 Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria. The NT has recorded 17 cases of respiratory diphtheria in the past month and 60 ...