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

In this issue of eBioMedicine, Abbas and colleagues report on a 2022–23 diphtheria outbreak of more than 18,000 cases in Kano ...

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

Diphtheria poses one more threat to already beleaguered Rohingya refugees. The outbreak started in the sprawling camps in Bangladesh in November soon after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya arrived.