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

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 ...

The first two cases of a diphtheria-like illness being transmitted in the United States between people and their pets have been reported in Utah and Colorado.

Diphtheria is primarily caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae and is mainly spread by coughs and sneezes, or through close contact with someone who is infected. Scientists have ...

Nigeria has had previous outbreaks of diphtheria but infections were minimal compared to the recent outbreak. In 2011, 98 cases of the disease were reported in northeastern Borno State.

Dysentery and diphtheria were relentless killers in the Wild West, taking more lives than many of the era’s famous gunslingers. This video dives into how these diseases spread and why they were so ...

Diphtheria infections can usually be treated with a number of classes of antibiotic. While C. diphtheriae resistant to antibiotics have been reported, the extent of such resistance remains largely ...

Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease affecting mainly children. The primary immunization of three doses of the diphtheria toxoid in infancy is routine throughout the world, except where it ...

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 ...