Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera kills 9 in Yemen's Aden
Yemen's government announced on Sunday that nine people had died of cholera in second city Aden as the infectious disease spread across the war-torn country.
Oct 23, 2016
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Cholera
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zambia deploys army to battle cholera after 41 deaths
Zambia's president Edgar Lungu has deployed the army to help combat a cholera outbreak that has claimed 41 lives in the capital Lusaka and affected 1,550 more since September.
Dec 30, 2017
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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.
Jul 15, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dysentery epidemic killed many in the 1700s-1800s
In the 1700s-1800s, dysentery was a disease causing many deaths. In fact, in some areas in Sweden 90 percent of all deaths were due to dysentery during the worst outbreaks. A new doctoral thesis in history from the University ...
Oct 25, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe
At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
Jan 24, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Five years after quake, cholera epidemic haunts Haiti
Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.
Jan 10, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise
In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. Sixty-four people died.
Aug 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally
Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today's coronavirus pandemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics.
Sep 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads: ICRC
A cholera outbreak has rapidly spread in Yemen, killing 115 people in two weeks in the impoverished country where hospitals badly damaged by more than two years of war can barely cope.
May 14, 2017
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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 ...
Jun 25, 2018
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