Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Resurgence of cholera kills 150 people in Cameroon
More than 150 people have died during a resurgence of cholera in Cameroon over the last eight months, the United Nations said on Monday.
Jun 13, 2022
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Cholera
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera: the plague of the poor
Cholera, which has hit war-ravaged Yemen with 100,000 suspected cases and 789 deaths, is a highly contagious waterborne bacterial disease which can kill in a matter of hours.
Jun 8, 2017
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Health
UN chief names special advisor for Haiti cholera
The UN chief on Friday named a US health expert as special advisor in fighting Haiti's cholera epidemic, which has claimed more than 7,750 lives and is widely blamed on UN peacekeepers.
Dec 29, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN struggles to stem new rise in Haiti cholera cases
A deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti that experts say was introduced by UN peacekeepers from Nepal is on the rise, with hundreds of new cases registered weekly, a UN official said Thursday.
May 7, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera kills over 2,300 in Nigeria's worst outbreak in years
Cholera has killed more than 2,300 people and infected thousands more, mostly children, in Nigeria since the start of the year, a senior health official said on Monday, in the nation's worst outbreak in years.
Sep 20, 2021
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Genetics
Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out
A new study reveals why a highly infectious variant of the cholera bug, which caused large disease outbreaks in the early 1990s, did not cause the eighth cholera pandemic as feared—but instead unexpectedly disappeared.
Jul 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US issues revised Haiti travel warning
The U.S. State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities.
Dec 29, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
32 dead in Cameroon cholera outbreak
Thirty-two people have died in an outbreak of cholera in the central-western African state of Cameroon, the authorities said Wednesday.
Feb 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria claims nearly 100 lives
A cholera outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria has claimed nearly 100 lives over the past two weeks, the United Nations said Saturday.
Sep 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera vaccine succeeds in rural Haiti
A vaccination campaign that almost didn't happen was widely effective in reducing transmission of cholera in the midst of an ongoing outbreak of the disease in rural Haiti.
Mar 13, 2015
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