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

Australia’s top medical body has urged citizens to ensure they are fully vaccinated against diphtheria as the country faces what authorities describe as its biggest outbreak of the disease in decades.

Somalia, Nigeria, Mali, Yemen … and Australia. Diphtheria hasn’t been seen in this country for many decades – now we’ve ...

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?

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

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

Diseases once thought confined to history are making a comeback in Australia. And vaccination is only part of the story.

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

Falsehoods about diphtheria are spreading online as a worsening outbreak of the disease affects Indigenous communities in ...

After a “horror season” of flu that saw deaths rise and hospitals stretched, Tasmanians are being urged to get vaccinated, ...

The outbreak of a little-known disease called diphtheria in the Top End of the country has Aussies asking lots of questions ...