Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last living survivor of the diphtheria epidemic that prompted the 1925 serum run credited with ...

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 ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday published the guidelines on the clinical management of diphtheria. The only previously available guidance was an operational protocol. According to a ...

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 – ...

Diphtheria is often mistaken for a mild throat infection, commonly referred to as makwarwa or ciwon makoshi. In reality, it ...

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 ...

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In the first century, a doctor called Aretaeus of Cappadocia described the rotting smell of "Egyptian ulcers." Ancient Chinese medical literature mentions a disease called "children-killing carbuncle.

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last living survivor of the 1925 Nome diphtheria epidemic, died this month at the age of 101.