One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

The high prevalence of diphtheria and the challenge of zero-dose immunisation have been identified as major factors ...

A 10-year-old boy has died from a diphtheria infection in a Berlin hospital, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday, saying the child had not had the well-established vaccination. The ...

A 10-year-old boy in Berlin has died from diphtheria, a highly infectious disease, because he was not vaccinated. The case, ...

Recent health news includes European agencies monitoring bird flu, a diphtheria death in Berlin, and controversies ...

Many German newspapers reported that a 10-year old boy who had contracted diphtheria has died after months of suffering in a Berlin hospital. The child had not been vaccinated. The boy had been ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued an alert on respiratory diphtheria that has been present since 2024. Diphtheria is a severe bacterial illness that often affects ...

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 ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...