Diphtheria, also known as croup or "strangling angel," is a severe and life-threatening infectious disease. After mandatory ...

The state Department of Health reaches its 125th year and pushes back against the vaccine skepticism of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In 2022, Western Europe experienced the largest surge in reported diphtheria infections in 70 years. Clinical and genomic data from the outbreak point toward transmission routes along established ...

Experts highlight the importance of the Td vaccine in combating waning immunity against tetanus and diphtheria in adults.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the largest diphtheria epidemic in Western Europe for 70 years, which broke out in 2022 among migrants and in 2023 spread to other ...

The first two cases of a diphtheria-like illness being transmitted in the United States between people and their pets have been reported in Utah and Colorado. The respiratory illnesses occurred in ...

The Director of Public Health, Edo Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, has said that the state recorded two deaths from Diphtheria disease between January and August. Diphtheria [Daily Post ...

Is the DT vaccine indicated anymore after a diphtheria attack in a 10-year-old boy? If the child has been incompletely immunized then the series should be completed according to the above schedule.

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Dr Wasiu Adeyemo, says the pupils of King’s College, Annex, Lagos, who had diphtheria and were brought into the ...

The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, according to a new review led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science ...