It’s a tragedy whenever a child dies needlessly of a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Sadly, that happens daily around the globe, due mainly to a raft of infectious diseases. One of ...

THE importance of diphtheria has been reemphasized lately by experiences with the disease in foreign countries during the war and its aftermath and by slight but statistically significant increases in ...

In cases of suspected or diagnosed diphtheria, the first step is admission of the patient to an isolation ward to prevent the spread of this highly contagious disease to other people. The treatment of ...

A rare but serious infectious disease is making an unexpected comeback. Australia has reported a diphtheria outbreak in the Kimberley region, its first significant resurgence in over 50 years, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks, including in Nigeria where a top health official said Thursday that millions ...

Cases of a deadly, vaccine-preventable strain of diphtheria have now risen to 18, after the Centre for Disease Control first declared an outbreak last month.

Diphtheria is still a killer mainly because the treatment for it is no longer made and stockpiles of it are aging and dwindling. The world needs a new diphtheria antitoxin. It’s a tragedy whenever a ...