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 ...

Diphtheria remains a threat, but effective management hinges on rapid access to both antibiotics and a critically scarce diphtheria antitoxin (DAT).

Doctors Without Borders, better known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with several state Ministries of ...

Migrants with symptoms of diphtheria are to be put into isolation, as cases of the disease rise, ministers say. Those showing signs of infection will be separated for a "short period" at the Manston ...

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 – ...

With cases soaring, diphtheria is on track to return as a major global threat as it evolves resistance to a number of antibiotic classes, a study has warned. Experts from the UK and India analysed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the nose, throat and sometimes the skin. Diphtheria is caused by infection with the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which is an ...

Researchers from the SNI network have discovered a novel way to fuse lipid vesicles at neutral pH. By harnessing a fragment ...

Kristine Macartney receives funding from Australian and NSW Government Departments of Health and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Meru Sheel does not work for, consult, own ...

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.