The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...

One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving medication ...

Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...

Recent health news includes European agencies monitoring bird flu, a diphtheria death in Berlin, and controversies ...

The high prevalence of diphtheria and the challenge of zero-dose immunisation have been identified as major factors ...

This comprehensive health news roundup highlights a tragic diphtheria case in Germany, vaccine and abortion-related scrutiny ...

Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...

The historic trek to neutralize the diphtheria epidemic in Nome Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film to develop at the back of the throat; it was once a leading ...