What epidemic raged in Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925?
Influenza
Diphtheria
Polio
Measles
Answer
In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic raged among Alaska Natives in the Nome area. A relay of dog sled teams delivered the life-saving diphtheria antitoxin serum.
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