Brazilian authorities on Tuesday reported an increase in cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease transmitted by rats, in the flooded south, parts of which have been under water for a month.
May 28, 2024
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Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays.
Jan 17, 2024
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Zambia stepped up a campaign to halt a surge in cholera cases Thursday as the number of deaths this year crept toward 100.
Dec 28, 2023
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Cholera has claimed the lives of at least 23 people in eastern Ethiopia, an area hit by major flooding, Save the Children said Thursday, warning that the epidemic could become uncontrollable across the region.
Nov 30, 2023
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Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps amid deadly fighting between the country's military and a rival paramilitary force, the ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Abbott Nutrition has once again shut down a baby formula plant, this time due to heavy rains and flooding, less than two weeks after it reopened to try and mitigate a crippling US shortage.
Jun 16, 2022
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Australia said Friday it is buying extra vaccines to fight the potentially deadly, mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus, which has spread down the flood-hit east coast for the first time.
Mar 11, 2022
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A cholera epidemic has claimed 35 lives in Niger, the health ministry of the poor Sahel nation said Thursday.
Aug 19, 2021
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Sudan's Health Ministry says at least seven people have died from a cholera outbreak over the past three weeks in a southeastern province.
Sep 16, 2019
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The number of confirmed cholera cases in cyclone-ravaged Mozambique climbed sharply to 139 Thursday as authorities prepared to roll out a mass vaccination campaign to stem the spread of the deadly disease.
Mar 28, 2019
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