It had been over 30 years since the last case of diphtheria was seen in Guinea. So when patients began showing up six months ago with what looked like flu symptoms — fever, cough and sore throat – ...

The humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have successfully ...

December 23, 1882 - A diphtheria outbreak swept through many homes in Central City during the winter of 1882-1883, resulting in the deaths of several children. Diphtheria is a serious bacterial ...

He said contact tracing is underway for people who may have come into contact with cases of diphtheria. What is diphtheria?

A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return. By Stephanie Nolen Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia Qurraisha ...

The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Borno State Government have completed a ...

The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Health, has completed a large-scale vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting ...

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With an effective vaccine, cases of the potentially fatal disease plummeted. But West Africa is now seeing thousands of new cases and hundreds of... It had been over 30 years since the last case of ...