The only treatment available in 1925 was diphtheria antitoxin serum. The town’s antitoxin supply for a diphtheria outbreak was insufficient and expired, risking a mortality rate of 75% to 99.99%.

Medical examinations confirmed that 12 of them had early signs of the disease, and they were immediately placed on treatment, receiving antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin serum. Topics PUBLIC HEALTH ...

Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get diphtheria serum to Nome, Alaska, during a deadly outbreak of the disease in 1925. Associated Press Facebook ...

Sled dogs transported antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome during a diphtheria outbreak. $2 for 6 months ... Duluth reacts to 1925 Alaskan serum run Sled dogs transported antitoxin from Anchorage to ...

A diphtheria outbreak at King’s College, Lagos (KCL), has sparked outrage among parents, ... “He was referred to LUTH, where he received antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin serum.

Medical examinations confirmed that 12 of them had early signs of the disease, and they were immediately placed on treatment, receiving antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin serum.

A diphtheria outbreak at King's College, Lagos (KCL), has sparked outrage among parents, ... "He was referred to LUTH, where he received antibiotics and diphtheria antitoxin serum.

Dr. Bela Schick, Austrian inventor of the “Schick tests” and the toxin-anti-toxin serum for diphtheria, learned last week that his serum could not be permitted to freeze. At Concord, Mass., 19 ...

The antitoxin used to treat it was developed in 1890, and a vaccine in 1923; it is now exceedingly rare in the U.S. Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago.

A statue in New York's Central Park, shown in December 1947, was erected to honor Balto and other dogs that pulled mushers and their diphtheria serum-bearing sleds to Nome, Alaska, through 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) ...