Nigeria’s struggle with vaccine-preventable diseases is not a new phenomenon. For decades, infectious diseases such as measles, polio, and tuberculosis have ravaged communities, leaving behind a trail ...

The recent diphtheria outbreak at King's College, Lagos, one of Nigeria's most prestigious schools, is a stark reminder of the persistent gaps in the country's healthcare and immunisation systems.

A consultant virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has called for improvement of laboratory diagnosis for effective/prompt detection of the diphtheria disease and appropriate treatment. Tomori, also the ...

Diphtheria, a communicable bacterial disease, has made a return in most regions of Nigeria. See all to know about it: ...

The outbreak escalated just as the US’s foremost vaccine skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ascended as its top health care official. On February 26, the Texas health department reported the first ...

By Jonathan Corum and Teddy Rosenbluth In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak. By Teddy ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... Study Shows Drop in Use of Antiviral Medications in Young Children With Influenza Dec. 17, 2024 — Despite ...

As measles outbreaks in the U.S. continue, here's what to know about how the disease spreads, what its symptoms are, and how to protect yourself and community from the illness.