MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Diphtheria cases and deaths have risen sharply this year in Somalia, where the response has been ...

Diphtheria, a preventable bacterial disease that causes fever, swollen glands, and breathing difficulties, primarily affects ...

In this issue of eBioMedicine, Abbas and colleagues report on a 2022–23 diphtheria outbreak of more than 18,000 cases in Kano, Nigeria, following vaccination campaign disruptions during the COVID-19 ...

In Somalia, the diphtheria crisis has intensified with over 1,600 cases and 87 deaths recorded this year. Vaccine shortages ...

Cases of the deadly diphtheria disease are rapidly increasing across Somalia, officials and humanitarians warned on Tuesday, ...

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Luz Herrera, former president of the Dominican Society of Pediatrics, described the increase in vaccine-preventable ...

Speaking to DAILY POST, the devastated father of the children, Malam Yusuf Maitama, recounted with tears how his children ...

Diphtheria is an old disease, a terrible disease, and one for which we believe there’s an effective new treatment at hand — if only we can liberate it from our freezer and put it into the ...

The diphtheria antitoxin is given to neutralize the effects of the toxin produced by the diphtheria bacteria, which can cause paralysis of muscles in the eye, lungs , throat and neck.

Colorado's state health department will send reminders about routine vaccinations to families of children ages 7-18 who might ...

Dr. Rehm: Tetanus-diphtheria vaccination only began in the 1950s, so some people over 65 have never had their initial series of 3 tetanus-diphtheria vaccines -- unless they suffered a tetanus ...