FOUR deaths from diphtheria have been confirmed by the Department of Health over the past three months. Three cases have been reported on the South Coast, with the most recent being two adults in ...

It also directed the committee to evaluate the capacity of health institutions to effectively respond to current threat of diphtheria spread across the country. Laori described diphtheria as a ...

Another grave public health concern has emerged within the Tukur-Tukur community of Zaria, in the Zaria local government area of Kaduna State, with the resurgence of diphtheria, a disease many ...

A dire public health crisis has emerged in the Tukur-Tukur community of Zaria, Kaduna State, following a resurgence of diphtheria—a disease once thought to be largely eradicated in the region.

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce the ...

The House of Representatives has issued a directive to the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to ...

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency to enforce the mandatory ...

This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance on the 'Need to mitigate the spread of Diphtheria: A major public health concern in Nigeria to save lives', sponsored by Hon.

“It’s been put forth that they eat these Choresine beetles and that’s how they get their toxin,” says Jønsson. “But in reality, we don’t know.” Dumbacher—who, in 2004, was the ...

Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the U.S. for decades. Entire generations have barely encountered these ...

Two main sublineages were identified, showing high positivity rates for the diphtheria toxin. Here, the authors extend the Fabric model to accommodate correlation between a trait and covarying ...