One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

FILE – Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team are pictured on Oct. 12 ... New Massachusetts US Attorney says she intends to ...

Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...

This legislative session, between debating about how to create more affordable housing and reform our child welfare system, ...

This legislative session, between debating about how to create more affordable housing and reform our child welfare system, Maine lawmakers will decide whether to name the Seppala Siberian sled dog, ...

Not a single vial broke. Seppala, a Norwegian settler, left from Nome to meet the supply near the halfway point and begin the journey back. His team, led by his dog Togo, traveled more than 250 ...

Maine lawmakers will decide whether to name the Seppala Siberian sled dog, spring peeper and wood turtle our official state dog, amphibian and reptile, respectively. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Before we go ...

Most people think of Balto as the heroic dog who saved the town of Nome, Alaska, from an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925, but Togo the Siberian husky was the head of the sled dog team that ran 260 ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum.

Maine lawmakers will decide whether to name the Seppala Siberian sled dog, spring peeper and wood turtle our official state dog, amphibian and reptile, respectively. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Before we go ...