It sounds a bit like something out of science fiction, but a topical vaccine that is rubbed on the skin is now closer to ...

The Union Health Ministry has sought a report from the Rajasthan government over the death of six children due to Diphtheria ...

Vaccination can prevent it. antibiotics to kill the diphtheria bacteria medicines that stop the effects of the harmful substances produced by the bacteria thoroughly cleaning any infected wounds ...

For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, ...

Diphtheria was once known as the ”strangling angel of children.” This illustration depicts a photomicrographic view of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria using a ... [+] Gram-stain technique.

The world needs a revolving pipeline of new antibiotics and other therapeutics. Unfortunately, the large majority of ...

While in the growth medium, the bacterial cells produce the toxin ... This other vaccine inoculates against pertussis. The vaccine for diphtheria—also a toxoid vaccine—is also often added ...

Diphtheria, a bacterial infection that primarily targets the throat and airways, can become fatal if left untreated. The outbreak has raised concerns about gaps in K-P’s immunisation programmes ...

Moussa Bagayoko, a doctor based in Tinzaouaten, said the town was suffering an epidemic of diphtheria, a severe bacterial ...

Diphtheria cases are on the rise yet again in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where despite the vaccination campaign launched by the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) and the Health Department, K-P the ...