Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent: A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s By Stephanie Nolen Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia Oct. 27, 2025Updated 3:43 a.m. ET Qurraisha Mukhtar’s two youngest children fell sick in early September, with a fever, cough and short gasping breaths. Their throats turned white, their necks