A boy who contracted diphtheria and received months of treatment in a Berlin hospital has died, sources close to the case ...

A terrible death drama in Berlin involving a ten-year-old boy that could have been prevented by a single jab: the schoolboy ...

Crowded living conditions: Diphtheria is more likely to spread in environments where people live closely together, such as refugee camps or areas with poor sanitation. - Age: Children and ...

South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued a critical alert regarding the rise of ...

During a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, Mr Barclay said a "very high uptake" of diphtheria vaccinations within the British public meant many people were well protected. He stressed ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y., Jan. 9.--The whole family of John H. Bonesteel, of the town of Wilson, Niagara County, has been prostrated with diphtheria. Three of the children have died since the 5th inst., ...

Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria ...

6. Even with treatment, the overall fatality rate for diphtheria is about 10%, but the rate for children under age 5 and people over age 40 is twice that. Without treatment, about half of all ...

Since the implementation of diphtheria immunisation in South Africa in the 1950s, cases have been uncommon. However, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has warned clinicians countrywide ...

Diphtheria is an uncommon infection caused ... The bacteria spreads from person to person, usually through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing. In a statement from the National ...