Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soaring rates of diphtheria ...

The outbreak has pushed the government to increase vaccination efforts and provide extra funding for public health responses.

By the time a national vaccine blitz was announced this week, unlinked cases had already been reported in four states. Why did it take so long for governments to act?

The Northern Territory has reported its first diphtheria-linked death in almost a decade, with efforts ramped up to reduce ...

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

The Australian government has announced a 7.2-million-Australian-dollar emergency package to tackle the country’s largest ...

The Northern Territory has recorded the country’s first death from diphtheria in almost a decade, according to reports.

Health authorities are urging people to check their vaccinations amid the nation’s biggest diphtheria outbreak in decades, ...

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has revealed the state will be taking a “targeted” approach to quell a national rise in ...

Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement received a call in reference to two family dogs that had killed a skunk in ...

Once a major cause of childhood deaths, diphtheria was largely eliminated through vaccination. Health authorities say falling immunity may now be helping the disease spread again.

Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated, as a potentially deadly infection spreads across four Australian ...