#diphtheria — Public Fediverse posts

The world is experiencing three major disease outbreaks in the first half of 2026. @[email protected] has more on how distrust in health care is making Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria more difficult to combat.

https://flip.it/f94zqb

#Ebola #Hantavirus #Diphtheria

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

As an aside:

Our doctor informs us that, as we will be travelling through the NT and SA outback, and due to the way diphtheria can be transmitted, we should get booster shots before going any further.

#Diphtheria #Travel #VanLife

Diphtheria Support Package Launched Amidst Ongoing Health Concerns

A new support package aims to improve access to diphtheria antitoxin and reinforce immunization schedules to combat the deadly bacterial illness.

#Diphtheria, #PublicHealth, #Vaccination, #HealthNews, #Antitoxin

https://newsletter.tf/diphtheria-support-package-antitoxin-access/

The new support package focuses on improving access to diphtheria antitoxin, a key treatment for the dangerous bacterial infection.

#Diphtheria, #PublicHealth, #Vaccination, #HealthNews, #Antitoxin
https://newsletter.tf/diphtheria-support-package-antitoxin-access/

🦠With #ebola and #diphtheria outbreaks happening, talk to our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT @MattM_RN from @usceduau for all your #infectiousdisease questions

🔍️ find his details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=matthew-mason&a=502763

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts

We have a #diphtheria outbreak in Australia.

According to the Australian Centre for Disease Control (AuCDC - yes, we have one of those now):

Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection. It most often spreads through respiratory droplets, or direct contact with the wound.

If only there were some way of stopping spread through respiratory droplets.

If only.

#WearaN95mask

Lucas Waldron and Patricia Callahan take a long, sobering look at what may well happen down the road if RFKJr gets his way with vaccines and vaccine makers stop making vaccines readily available for the American market. Their modeling of a possible trajectory looks at polio, measles, rubella, and diphtheria.

#vaccines #vaccination #polio #measles #rubella #diphtheria #Trump #RFKJr #healthcare
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https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

A worst-case scenario in a country without #vaccines

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for #polio, #measles, #rubella or #diphtheria were no longer available.
When immunization rates drop plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children.
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

Rapid #risk #assessment, acute event of potential public health concern: #Diphtheria, #Africa Region (#WHO, March 20 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/rapid-risk-assessment-acute-event-of_20.html

All the hard work and progress in public health in the last century is being wiped out by these stupid anti-vaxxers! They haven't seen the havoc and suffering brought on by such highly communicable deadly diseases, for which we have readily available prevention. The harm being done by these brain-dead antisocial elements is criminal.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/surging-measles-cases-fire-alarm-103000471.html

#public #health #vaccines #measles #diphtheria #polio

#Diphtheria - #Africa Region (#WHO, D.O.N., Nov. 21 '25), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/diphtheria-africa-region-who-don-nov-21.html

{In recent weeks} In addition, high #CFRs (up to 24%) have been reported across all affected countries.

This is NOTHING to be proud of...

How RFK Jr f*cked w/ US #vaccine policy, ensuring resurgences of #polio, #diphtheria #measles #mumps #rubella #tetanus #pertussis, etc., etc., etc.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/health/video/rfk-jr-vaccines-overhaul-digvid

#USBS #USA #USAUSA #vaccinateyourspawn #childhooddiseases #morons #MAGAmorons

💉 About 115 million children around the world received at least one dose of the #diphtheria, #tetanus and #pertussis (DTP)-containing #vaccine in 2024, according to the @WHO

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/89-percent-of-the-worlds-children-received-key-childhood-vaccine-last-year

"Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833361

"At current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again; increasing vaccine coverage would prevent this. Under a 50% decline in childhood vaccination in the US, the simulation model predicted 51.2 million #measles cases over a 25-year period, 9.9 million #rubella cases, 4.3 million #poliomyelitis cases, 197 #diphtheria cases, 10.3 million hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths."

Note that the graphic is labeled "25% decline in childhood vaccination" not 50%. I think this is because the authors wanted an "average" of their models for the graphic. Bottom line: It's bad at 25% and can only get worse! Also note that the #measles numbers are much larger because it is so much more contagious!

People... this would be an *appalling* outcome of the current anti-vax, anti-science, anti-child confusion and policies of the current #Trump administration!

#VaccinesWork #StopRFK #PublicHealth #Disaster

Polish diphtheria case sparks a nationwide vaccination check.

A six-year-old unvaccinated child has been hospitalised with diphtheria in Wrocław, Poland, after returning from a trip to Africa, prompting health officials to launch a nationwide review of childhood vaccination records of 7.5 million children.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250329-polish-diphtheria-case-sparks-a-nationwide-vaccination-check?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Poland #Diphtheria #Vaccination #Vaccines #Health #Healthcare

Diphtheria Outbreak Claims More Lives in Nigeria #WestAfrica #Africa #business #claims #currentevents #Diphtheria #Economy #governance #Healthandmedicine #lives #news #Nigeria #outbreak #politics #sports #trade #travel #WestAfrica 
https://tinyurl.com/2d7b9tl2

I just read sad news that a 10-year old boy pointlessly died of #diphtheria. He was not vaccinated. Althrough vaccines were readily available. This is obviously the parent’s fault. 10-year olds have different problems.

Please check if your vaccinations and those who are close to you are up-to-date: If not, or if you don’t know: Go see a doctor NOW. I’m not a doctor, so ask them, not me. :P

And fuck #antivaxxers!

#PSA #AntiVax #vaccines #health

R to @ECDC_EU: The six laboratories cover the following areas: ➡️#AMR in bacteria
➡️ Vector-borne viral pathogens
➡️ Emerging, rodent-borne and zoonotic viral pathogens
➡️ High-risk, emerging and zoonotic bacterial pathogens
➡️#Legionella
➡️#Diphtheria & #pertussis
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/ECDC_EU/status/1878737765413884349#m

Listening to a podcast (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1270-youre-wrong-about-49764960/episode/balto-with-blair-braverman-156228634/) about #balto on the way back to #NYC from #Chicago. If one wanted to learn more about the #diphtheria #epidemic they mentioned you could look at references 1-4 on this wiki article (and/or read the wiki for a summary) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to_Nome

Let us pray that RFK Jr's crankery will not have to be added to this timeline.

Diphtheria | History of Vaccines

https://historyofvaccines.org/history/diphtheria/timeline

#USPublicHealth #RobertFKennedyJunior #Diphtheria #Vaccination

@jeneralist

First of all "Right On!" 👍

I've been researching Diphtheria mortality in the US around the year 1900 for a book project. Not much data from the US but the UK data are there for death before age 5, all causes. I could find nothing more specific.

My medical family started with Dr. Willam A. Rohlf who graduated in 1891 from the original med school in Iowa City. He wrote a book late in life about his experiences. I put it up on the web in the 1990s.

He goes into much detail about diphtheria, the (then) new antitoxin, and treating the disease with it.

FYI to all who might be interested...

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt10.html

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt14.html

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt15.html

It is a TERRIBLE disease!! And it is still out there in the world...

#Diphtheria #Vaccination #Antitoxin #History #Iowa

A four-year-old boy in #Latvia has died of #diphtheria. The boy was unvaccinated for the preventable disease. #Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri called for stricter rules on mandatory #vaccination and more restrictions on vaccination-related #misinformation.

https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-unvaccinated-boy-dies-of-diphtheria/

From 2023 but just came across my timeline: Several #vaccines associated with reduced risk of #Alzheimer’s disease in adults 65 and older - https://www.uth.edu/news/story/several-vaccines-associated-with-reduced-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-in-adults-65-and-older “Prior vaccination against #tetanus and #diphtheria, with or without #pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes #zoster (HZ), better known as #shingles; and #pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease”

Childhood #Vaccines Aren’t Just Saving Lives. They’re Saving Money.
For nearly three decades, childhood vaccines — including those that target #measles, #tetanus and #diphtheria — have saved the #UnitedStates $540 billion in #healthcare costs, according to a new report from #CDC. Routine childhood #immunizations have prevented approximately 508 million cases of illness, 32 million hospitalizations and 1,129,000 deaths, the agency estimated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/health/childhood-vaccines.html
https://archive.ph/tZZ0E