Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera kills 14 in NE Nigeria: official

Cholera has killed 14 people with almost 400 hospitalised in the past week in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, the Borno state health commissioner said on Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen

The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between January and mid-August and the pace has been increasing.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera outbreak kills 6 in Cameroon

Six people have died in Cameroon from a cholera outbreak that has infected 43 people since May, the health ministry said.

Genetics

Cholera spread tracked at household level

For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city with a 'hyper-endemic' level of the disease. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

12 die of cholera in NE Nigeria: official

Twelve people have died of cholera in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state, the health commissioner said on Wednesday, in the latest outbreak of the disease in the region.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

AI detects patterns of gut microbes for cholera risk

Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh have used machine learning algorithms to spot patterns within communities of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First oral cholera vaccination push launches in Yemen

The World Health Organization and other global agencies have launched the first oral cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen, aiming to reach millions of people in the war-torn country.

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