Hospitals that began using his serum therapy saw dramatic drops in mortality rates. In some cases, the death rate among children with diphtheria plummeted from 50% to less than 10%. For the public ...

"An epidemic of diphtheria is almost inevitable here STOP ... in 127.5 hours without breaking a single ampule of the crucial treatment. Along the way, they faced storms, hurricane-force winds ...

Ukraine has received 249 vials of anti-diphtheria serum within the framework of cooperation between ... but is a key tool for preventing toxic damage to the body during the treatment of patients in ...

Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria David Kindy ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious ... He further added that a dearth of anti-serum could prove to be fatal as the lack of proper vaccination and treatment against the infection leads to death.

He hadn’t seen a case of diphtheria in the 18 years he had practiced in the area. Within months, that changed. In a telegram, Welch pleaded with the U.S. Public Health Service to send serum ...