Cholera remains a major global health threat, particularly in areas with poor sanitation and limited access to clean drinking water. A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the ...

The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countries continue to be high. The disease is usually caused when water or food ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...

Key to preventing cholera is a good supply of water. Getty images Microbiologist Sam Kariuki, the director of Kenya’s Medical Research Institute, explains what cholera is and why it’s so hard to ...

A highly drug-resistant strain of cholera has been found in patients around the world, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The World Health Organization has estimated ...

Haiti on Sunday said at least seven people have died of cholera in a surprise return of the disease that comes as the nation is paralyzed by a gang blockade that has triggered shortages of fuel and ...

South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is a bacterial disease which spreads via ...

An alert has been issued by the Ministry of Health following an outbreak of cholera in six counties, namely Kiambu, Nairobi, Murang'a, Kajiado, Nakuru, and Uasin Gishu. Cumulatively, there are 61 ...