The first batch of antitoxin was merely a holdover and ... It isn’t certain how many people died of diphtheria, but the serum run saved many lives. The death toll is usually listed as five ...

In 1925, Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, during a deadly outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo, File) “The Serum ...

Worse still, his stock of diphtheria antitoxin had expired ... Next year, on the 100th anniversary of the Serum Run, dog musher and Marine veteran Jonathan Hayes and polar explorer Eric Larsen ...

The antitoxin used to treat it was developed ... Welch pleaded with the U.S. Public Health Service to send serum: "An epidemic of diphtheria is almost inevitable here." The first death was a ...

In 1925, Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, during a deadly outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo, File) “The Serum Run ...