Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Haiti cholera outbreak kills 132 in 2014
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said Wednesday.
Nov 26, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Tourism as a driver of illicit drug use, HIV risk in the DR
The Caribbean has the second highest global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence in the world outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV/AIDS as leading cause of death among people aged 20–59 years within the region. ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Haiti's cholera epidemic still emergency: UN envoy
Haiti's cholera epidemic is still an emergency and a let up in response based on the decreasing number of cases could have "tragic consequences," a UN special envoy said Wednesday.
Oct 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
War between bacteria and phages benefits humans
In the battle between our immune systems and cholera bacteria, humans may have an unknown ally in bacteria-killing viruses known as phages. In a new study, researchers from Tufts University, Massachusetts General Hospital, ...
Sep 2, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Relief organizations need to think long-term, research shows
When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the world wanted to help.
Aug 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN chief in Haiti launches sanitation program (Update)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited rural Haiti on Monday to help launch a program to improve sanitation and fight the spread of cholera, a disease many Haitians blame U.N. peacekeepers for introducing to the impoverished ...
Jul 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus strikes hard in Haiti's crowded shantytowns
Within a dense cluster of flimsy shacks made mostly of plastic tarp and wooden planks, a young mother cradles her sick, whimpering toddler while trying to guard against a fierce tropical sun.
Jul 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cuba confirms first six cases of chikungunya virus
Cuban health authorities on Wednesday said they detected six cases of chikungunya fever, a debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that is suspected of afflicting tens of thousands across the Caribbean since its arrival in the ...
Jun 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic
Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said Wednesday.
May 29, 2014
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Mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in Haiti (Update)
A mosquito-borne virus that was detected for the first time in Haiti last week has quickly spread throughout the Caribbean nation, a health official said Tuesday.
May 13, 2014
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