Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Haiti cholera outbreak kills 132 in 2014
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said Wednesday.
Nov 26, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies regions of genome associated with cholera susceptibility in Bangladesh
An international research team has used a novel approach to identify genetic factors that appear to influence susceptibility to cholera. The findings by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Broad Institute ...
Jul 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iraq cholera cases grow, spread to Kurdish region
The number of cholera cases in Iraq has risen to more than 1,800 as the epidemic spread to the northern autonomous Kurdish region, health officials said Tuesday.
Oct 20, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Panic over Ebola echoes the 19th-century fear of cholera
On October 19 an inspector sent north from London to Sunderland reported a long-awaited arrival: the first British case of cholera. It was 1831 and as part of a second pandemic cholera had again progressed from its Bengal ...
Oct 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO sounds alarm over DRCongo cholera epidemic
The World Health Organization on Saturday sounded the alarm over a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has already claimed 528 lives and reached "worrying proportions".
Sep 9, 2017
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Health
Reconstruction and vaccine-preventable enteric diseases following Nepal earthquakes
In the wake of the recent devastating earthquakes, PLOS Medicine Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein visited Nepal to assess outbreak risks. Lorenz travelled with Anuj Bhattachan, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, ...
May 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The genetic key to conquering cholera
Researchers have long understood that genetics can play a role in how susceptible people are to contracting cholera, but a team of Harvard scientists is now uncovering evidence of genetic changes that might also help protect ...
Jul 19, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MSF fighting cholera outbreak in Tanzania refugee camps
Medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) said Sunday it had launched emergency treatment centres in Tanzania, where thousands of Burundians fleeing unrest have been hit by cholera.
May 24, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN Haiti cholera fund fails to draw pledges
A UN fund set up for Haiti's cholera victims is failing to draw support, with only two percent of the needed $400 million raised so far, according to a letter by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Feb 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Urgent action needed fight cholera in Haiti: aid group
Global and local health authorities are not doing enough to fight a cholera outbreak that continues to claim lives in Haiti, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.
Jun 15, 2012
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