There, doctors discovered with horror Eliannys suffered from grossly inflamed throat membranes - the classic symptom of diphtheria. But even the fourth hospital lacked adequate treatment for the ...

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 ...

For the past 3 years, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and the National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI) have spearheaded "The Power of 10" campaign to raise awareness of ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the nose, throat and sometimes the skin. Diphtheria is caused by infection with the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which is an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease affecting mainly children. The primary immunization of three doses ...

Despite the rise in cases of diphtheria across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), victims of the disease are having a hard time finding anti-diphtheria serum in public hospitals across the province and thus ...

Kristine Macartney receives funding from Australian and NSW Government Departments of Health and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Meru Sheel does not work for, consult, own ...

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.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers heard from nearly a dozen doctors on Tuesday who called on them to reject any proposed ...

1854: Emil von Behring, who will develop a vaccination to eradicate diphtheria, is born in Hansdorf, East Prussia. Von Behring was on his way to the priesthood when a friend of the family, an army ...