Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 2, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jirdes Winther Baxter blows out the candles on her cake during her 100th birthday celebration Feb. 24, 2024, at the Juneau Yacht ...

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of a 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska, that prompted a legendary sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles that delivered a lifesaving serum to that ...

An outbreak of diphtheria inspired a celebrated sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles to deliver lifesaving serum to the remote town of Nome. By Jeré Longman Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Diphtheria is re-emerging in Europe, with the most recent cases presenting as skin infections in vulnerable groups. The trend highlights the need to strengthen immunisation and improve clinician ...

Health authorities across Europe are sounding the alarm over an unexpected resurgence of diphtheria — including a sharp increase in cutaneous infections — after decades of near elimination. The rise ...

One hundred years ago today, the Eureka Baseball Club board of directors announced that bids were being accepted to demolish the grandstand at the league park opposite Sequoia Park. “The bids, which ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — 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 swelled. She asked a ...

A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return. By Stephanie Nolen Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia Qurraisha ...

In a tiny gold mining town on the edge of Alaska, the Trump administration is poised to begin building America's first Arctic deepwater port, with significant implications for military security and ...