Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) has warned of an imminent surge in malaria and waterborne diseases, ...

Cholera can spread directly or indirectly in several ways. Contaminated water: Drinking or using water contaminated with ...

Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said.

The fact that contaminated water and poor sanitation could help spread diseases like cholera was not understood in the 19th century. Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the ...

MARSEILLES, Aug. 19.--During the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock to-night there were 9 deaths here from cholera. The report of the ravages of the cholera in several departments of Southern France for ...

Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. It is spread when people drink infected water, when people with open wounds have direct contact with the contaminated ...

The world is once again facing the threat of a cholera outbreak, raising concerns globally. Cholera prevention is relatively ...

While vaccination is an important tool against cholera, safe drinking water and sanitation and hygiene practices are ...

The Sudanese Health Ministry on Friday announced that the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 348. The outbreak ...

A group of women known as the "Walking Nuns" worked in the hospital in Grangegorman to care for those who were sick and dying ...

Udupi district sees a rise in cholera cases, prompting authorities to urge strict hygiene practices and public vigilance to ...