First Australian diphtheria death in 7 years as NT outbreak spreads

One person died from diphtheria in a remote NT region, marking the first Australian death from the disease in nearly a decade.

A disease that modern medicine had all but erased from Australian life has claimed its first life in nearly a decade, as diphtheria spreads quietly through the Northern Territory and beyond. Since January 2025, 145 infections have been recorded across the NT alone, with the respiratory strain — capable of suffocating the untreated — accounting for 42 of those cases. The death, in a remote corner of the Territory, is less an anomaly than a consequence: where vaccination coverage thins, old dangers find their footing again. What was once a triumph of public health is now a reminder that preventi

First Australian diphtheria death in 7 years as NT outbreak spreads

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