Survey finds widespread uncertainty over pregnancy vaccine recommendations
Most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends…
How behaviour and biology decide the outbreak equation
The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them…
Australia’s diphtheria outbreak shows why boosters, antibiotics, and better housing all matter
A 131-case outbreak reveals how a vaccine-preventable disease regained a foothold in the Northern Territory, exposing the urgent…
Diphtheria cases surged a month before NT Health issued public alert, leaked data shows
Leaked NT Health data reveals diphtheria numbers surged in the Northern Territory a month before a public health…
Diphtheria vaccine push in WA’s north as authorities battle ‘disease of the past’ disinformation
Health authorities in Western Australia’s far north say they are battling disinformation and misconceptions amid a vaccination drive…
NT diphtheria cases falling as 10,000 vaccines rolled out, test confirms man’s death related
The Northern Territory government says diphtheria cases are declining after a vaccine blitz saw more than 10,000 residents…
NT Health confirms only one possible diphtheria-related death amid outbreak
The Northern Territory health department is refuting an earlier report that a second person has died with diphtheria…
Yuendumu residents frustrated with lack of NT government diphtheria messaging
Service providers and residents in Yuendumu say despite growing diphtheria case numbers in the remote community in recent…
Grim record in Australian disease outbreak
The outbreak of a little-known disease called diphtheria in the Top End of the country has Aussies asking…
Vaccination ‘not enough’ to contain diphtheria spread in remote WA, disease official says
Vaccination alone will not be enough to stop the “rare outbreak” of diphtheria from spreading in Western Australia,…
Australia’s largest diphtheria outbreak prompts $7.2m federal vaccine blitz
The federal government has stepped in to address a diphtheria outbreak that has crossed several state borders, unveiling…
WHO-linked report warns world more at risk of pandemic now than before COVID
The world is more at risk of a pandemic and less safe from deadly virus outbreaks than it…