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 ...

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 ...

The Ogun state government, through the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday alerted members of the public on ...

A doctor treating a child with diphtheria in the Bangladeshi town of Thankhali in 2018. Though still rare, cases of the vaccine-preventable disease have climbed in recent years. Photo: Munir Uz ...

European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 13, No. 5 (Jul., 1997), pp. 535-539 (5 pages) The recent outbreak of diphtheria in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former USSR and the immigration from ...

An outbreak of respiratory diphtheria occurred in two health districts in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa in 2015. A multidisciplinary outbreak response team was involved in the ...

Before President Donald Trump cut most foreign assistance this year, the United States was the leading humanitarian donor to ...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, on Tuesday, raised an alarm over an increase in the number of ...

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.

Diphtheria is an acute febrile contagious disease caused by strains of bacteria called corynebacterium diphtheriae that produces a toxin causing inflammation of the heart and nervous system. It is a ...

After a case of the potentially deadly Victorian-era disease diphtheria was confirmed in a UK primary school, parents are being warned of the signs and symptoms to look out for. The UK Health Security ...

A diphtheria outbreak in Agaie and Bida Local Government Areas of Niger State has allegedly claimed the lives of ten children ...