Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

As South Sudan's civil war rages, cholera takes deadly toll

Clasping frail arms around his stomach, Machar Weituor doubles over in pain as he slowly positions himself over the hole in his bed. Too feeble to make it to the toilet, the 40-year-old groans faintly as he defecates into ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola-hit Sierra Leone's Freetown a city on edge

Death stalks the rain-lashed streets of Sierra Leone's capital, finally at peace after a decade of civil war but in the grip of a new and equally deadly adversary—the Ebola virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera outbreak kills at least 18 in South Sudan

At least 18 people have died of cholera in war-torn South Sudan, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it declared an outbreak of the highly contagious infection.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Second UN worker gets Ebola in Liberia

The United Nations mission in Liberia announced on Wednesday a second infection among its employees of the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging the impoverished west African nation.

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