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Alaska: The 1925 Serum Run That Saved Nome From Diphtheria

Alaska: The 1925 Serum Run That Saved Nome From Diphtheria

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In January 1925, the remote gold-rush town of Nome, Alaska faced a deadly diphtheria outbreak with no antitoxin on hand and the Bering Sea frozen solid. Dr. Curtis Welch’s desperate radio plea sparked a legendary 674-mile dog-sled relay through arctic darkness to deliver life-saving serum before the “strangling angel” could claim hundreds of children.

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