Diphtheria remains a significant threat to individuals and families in Nigeria, particularly affecting unvaccinated children. The current outbreak starkly highlights past failures. The question looms: ...

The outbreak of the diptheria disease is gradually becoming a thing of serious concern in the ocuntry and relevant government agencies need to do more to ensure that this doesn’t get to an ...

A new disease called diphtheria has surfaced in some parts and gradually spreading across the country, raising concerns among health officials in Nigeria. Diphtheria is a serious and contagious ...

After decades in which diphtheria in Algeria had nearly disappeared, its return has prompted unfounded allegations. We took a look.

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, first described by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, in the fifth century BC, is a highly communicable disease that primarily affects the skin or upper throat (nasopharynx) ...