Despite efforts to improve the availability of safe water and adequate sanitation, cholera continues to kill more than 100,000 people around the world every year. To combat this needless suffering, ...

CAIRO (AP) — Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders — also ...

The bacteria—V cholerae—colonize the small intestine where they secrete a potent enterotoxin. This toxin does not damage the intestinal lining but leads to the overproduction of cyclic AMP, which ...

Vaccines for cholera require at least 10 days to take effect, and thus miss the mark in this emergency situation. This cholera patient is drinking oral rehydration solution in order to counteract his ...

Private health facilities in Mandera County have been put on notice for not giving proper medical attention to cholera patients at their hospitals. While addressing the media, Mandera Health CEC ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. The virulent ...

Cholera outbreak has killed more than 40 people and infected over 3,000 in 139 communities across seven local government areas of Borno State, Daily Trust gathered.This, according to government ...

SANAA, Yemen — Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected cases has doubled in March over previous months and doctors in overwhelmed health facilities ...

Children under the age of five remain the most affected group in Nigeria’s worsening cholera outbreak, which has infected 5,260 people and claimed 67 ...

Beds reserved for accident victims at the Kenyatta National Hospital have been taken over by cholera patients as the scourge continues to ravage the country. By last evening, the country’s referral ...