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, ...

The director of Public Health at the Niger State Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Idris, confirmed that the suspected cases ...

Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated, as a potentially deadly infection spreads across four Australian states. Diphtheria is a serious infection caused by the toxin-producing ...

Western Australia's diphtheria outbreak keeps spreading in the Kimberley region, with 92 cases recorded. Health authorities are pushing for people to get vaccinated but are battling some vaccine ...

The NCDC said it has commenced the training and equipping of Infection Prevention and Control focal persons to strengthen the ...

Diphtheria is surging in Australia for the first time since widespread vaccination began in the 1930s. The country has recorded 230 cases of the dangerous bacterial infection and one related adult ...

The once almost eradicated infection has now been detected in the Mid West, Perth metropolitan, Kimberley, Pilbara, and the Goldfields.

Since October, Australia has been experiencing its largest recorded outbreak of diphtheria, exacerbated by an inadequate public health response. Nearly 260 cases of the potentially deadly disease have ...

The first half of 2026 has been marked by three different disease outbreaks: Ebola, hantavirus and, in Australia, diphtheria. Each has exposed vulnerabilities in how we detect, communicate and respond ...

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 ...

Diphtheria is showing few signs of slowing down in the Northern Territory despite joint government efforts to control the ...

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