In the mid-1800s, physicians gathered around a man who was being treated for cholera in the city of Puducherry on the southeastern coast of India. At the time, no one understood it was a bacterial ...

Though undeniably effective, the current rehydration therapy for cholera could increase the toxicity of the cholera bacterium, researchers have discovered. Backed with new data, the scientists propose ...

From Haiti to Syria to Pakistan, UNICEF is rushing supplies for cholera treatment and prevention, focusing on the most vulnerable. Dr. Fatima Adeli and her UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition ...

Nigeria's cholera outbreak worsens with 5,260 cases and 67 deaths. Children under five are most affected. Learn about the ...

During a cholera outbreak in 1968 in villages east of Dhaka, two young public health specialists began giving desperately ill patients liter after liter of a simple formula: salt and sugar dissolved ...

Cholera is on the rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here’s how you can help UNICEF protect the lives of children at risk. A UNICEF-supported health worker disinfects a house for cholera in ...

NMA said individuals experiencing symptoms suggestive of cholera should: “Immediately begin taking Oral Rehydration Solution ...

A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has claimed 136 lives so far, according to the Caribbean nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who were infected died in a hospital or in cholera ...

Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine, resulting in severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can result in dehydration and death. The main treatment involves oral ...