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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...