Diphtheria is a serious contagious bacterial infection of the nose and throat. According to WHO, Respiratory diphtheria is caused by strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which have an affinity ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued an alert on respiratory diphtheria that has been present since 2024. Diphtheria is a severe bacterial illness that often affects ...

Many German newspapers reported that a 10-year old boy who had contracted diphtheria has died after months of suffering in a Berlin hospital. The child had not been vaccinated. The boy had been ...

In a statement from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), it was reported that since July 2024, there has been a rise in respiratory diphtheria cases. While the majority of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 41,336 suspected diphtheria cases across the country. Diphtheria is ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I'm American writer and journalist working in fiction and nonfiction. Because diphtheria used to fill the graveyards with children’s ...

Nome, a small town in the northwestern reaches of the Alaskan territories, had been hit with an outbreak of diphtheria, a highly contagious and cruel respiratory infection that can be particularly ...

Listen to this article 7 min Listen to this article 7 min The Western Cape has seen a "marked increase" in diphtheria cases in recent weeks. Since early November, 12 respiratory diphtheria cases ...

The Western Cape has seen a “marked increase” in diphtheria cases in recent weeks. Since early November, 12 respiratory diphtheria cases and 12 asymptomatic carriers who were detected during ...