Vaccination rates for several diseases including measles, diphtheria and polio decreased among U.S. kindergartners in 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 ...

The CDC warned travelers of "confirmed" cases of diphtheria in Guinea, as well as outbreaks of mpox in Liberia and Sierra ...

According to a 2024 CDC report, Wisconsin is falling behind other states in childhood immunizations for illnesses.

The U.S. could stop adult boosters for both tetanus and diphtheria, which are given together, saving the strapped U.S.

Vaccination rates for diseases like measles, diphtheria, and polio have declined among U.S. kindergartners in the 2024-25 ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious and potentially fatal infection that can affect the nose and throat, and sometimes the skin. It's rare in the UK, but there's a small risk of catching it while ...

Diphtheria is an old disease, a terrible disease, and one for which we believe there’s an effective new treatment at hand — if only we can liberate it from our freezer and put it into the ...

The diphtheria antitoxin is given to neutralize the effects of the toxin produced by the diphtheria bacteria, which can cause paralysis of muscles in the eye, lungs , throat and neck.

"Diphtheria is and has always been a disease of poverty," he emphasizes, with social unrest and poor vaccination coverage explaining most outbreaks nowadays.

The Alabama Department of Public Health requires children enrolled in day care, Head Start, and public or private school to ...

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.