Health authorities in the Northern Territory are offering additional diphtheria booster doses to Aboriginal children, select non-Aboriginal students and Department of Education staff working in remote ...

Australia is gripped with grim news as diphtheria, the old, dangerous disease everyone thought was long gone, is back. After being off the radar for 50 years, cases in the remote Kimberley region of ...

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

The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Health, has completed a large-scale vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting ...

Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death ...

The federal government has stepped in to address the largest diphtheria outbreak since records began, unveiling a ...

Australia records first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades - Cases begin to fall as health officials ramp up ...

While the risk of infection in New Zealand is low, the Ministry of Health is is contact with Australian authorities about ...

Health authorities in Western Australia's far north say they are battling disinformation and misconceptions amid a ...