For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Traders selling food next to a pile of garbage in Muthurwa market, Nairobi. Cholera ...

As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe ...

A cholera infection doesn't have to be deadly, but it can be, especially in conflict zones such as in Sudan. A year into an ongoing outbreak, Sudan has so far recorded more than 65,000 cholera cases — ...

Flood waters pose a range of health risks due to exposure to various pathogens and contaminants. Here are 10 common diseases ...

Nausea, excessive thirst, glassy eyes, vomiting, rapid heart rate and diarrhea: no, these are not the side effects of a bad meal - they're the symptoms of cholera. Ah, cholera, the most romantic of ...

Here are the common causes and preventions of cholera. Contaminated water, such as tap water from contaminated supplies, ice or drinks made from unclean water, and infected water used for growing ...

Experts have used a cutting-edge computational approach to discover the genetic factors that make the bacteria behind cholera so dangerous - which could be key to preventing this deadly disease. The ...

SIR: Cholera was first reported in Nigeria in 1970. From 1990, large outbreaks were reported in 1991, 1996 and 1999 and from 2009 to 2011. Between 2004 and 2016, a total of 154,910 cases and 5,127 ...

Traders selling food next to a pile of garbage in Muthurwa market, Nairobi. Cholera spreads quickly and widely in such cramped, dirty conditions. [File, Standard] Nairobi County Health Department ...