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The disease is treatable and is also preventable through vaccination. “Currently, no confirmed diphtheria cases involving ...

In the early 20 th century, the last resort treatment for diphtheria was tracheotomy, which was a crude ventilation of sorts. Without anesthetic or antibiotic, a doctor sliced open the patient’s ...

Diphtheria spreads from one person to another ... be positive our protocol is to isolate and transfer to a hospital for treatment. “We call on people to please take extra care and practice ...

prevention is the best cure. The vaccine designed to stop diphtheria includes the one that protects you against multiple ...

Thanks to her discoveries, the eradication of diphtheria was possible What were the repercussions of her research at the time? How relevant is Anna Wessels Williams’s work today? The COVID-19 pandemic ...

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness has confirmed five laboratory-diagnosed cases of Corynebacterium ...