Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera epidemic kills 41 in Mozambique

The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has risen by almost 50 percent in two weeks to 41, health officials said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera kills 19 in flood-ravaged Mozambique

A cholera epidemic has killed 19 people in northern Mozambique following flooding that devastated the region, the government said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Should the world be scared of Ebola?

After AIDS, SARS, avian flu and the coronavirus, now Ebola is in the headlines and sparking panic. AFP asks health historian Patrick Zylberman if the world should fear a pandemic.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

71 dead in cholera epidemic in Nigeria

A Nigerian health official says a cholera epidemic has killed 71 people and infected 2,165 since November in northern Kano state.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zimbabwe warned on risk of cholera outbreak

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday warned that Zimbabwe's capital Harare was at risk of repeating a cholera outbreak five years ago that killed over 4,200 people.

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