The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Pennsylvania’s school immunization requirements can be found in 28 Pa.CODE CH.23 (school immunization). For more information, visit www.health.pa.gove/topics/programs/immunizations/Pages/School.aspx ...

Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum ...

One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

Many German newspapers reported that a 10-year old boy who had contracted diphtheria has died after months of suffering in a Berlin hospital. The child had not been vaccinated. The boy had been ...

"The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness is calling for vigilance and appealing to residents not to panic after three laboratory-confirmed cases of the diphtheria disease were recently ...

Only four cases of the disease commonly known as whooping cough ... It it given as part of the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) vaccine to children at two, four, six and 15-18 months ...

Hepatitis E, a potentially serious viral liver disease, is transmitted through contaminated water. The risk is particularly high in populations with limited access to safe water and sanitation.