RECENT reports from Europe indicate that diphtheria has assumed epidemic prevalence and that the disease now encountered there is particularly virulent, with a high case fatality. About 630,000 ...

It could only be diphtheria, an ancient and gruesome bacteria which suffocated its victims by infesting their windpipes with mucus. Fortunately, there was a cure. In the 1890s, Emil von Behring ...

The legacy of this epidemic includes a reexamination of the global diphtheria control strategy, new laboratory techniques for diphtheria diagnosis and analysis, and a model for future public ...

Gaines County in West Texas is at the heart of the ongoing measles outbreak. Non-medical vaccine exemption rates there are ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country has continued to grapple with the diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC, via its official website, said that a total of 41,336 ...

Chandigarh: Punjab's vaccination coverage for diphtheria remains below the national average, underscoring the need for enhanced immunisation efforts t.

The historic trek to neutralize the diphtheria epidemic in Nome Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film to develop at the back of the throat; it was once a leading ...

A century ago, a deadly outbreak gripped the remote town of Nome, Alaska. In the harsh winter of 1925, diphtheria threatened ...