Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN in Haiti sees jump in cholera cases

(AP) -- Haiti is seeing a jump in the number of cholera cases as the Caribbean nation heads into the annual rainy season, a United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The malaria mosquito is disappearing -- but it is not just good news

The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly. A Danish-Tanzanian research group has discovered that the mosquito carrying the malaria parasite has practically disappeared from ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera surges in Haiti's Central Plateau

(AP) -- An old man with sunken cheeks is so dehydrated he must be carried down the dirt lane to a clinic where the air is thick with the odor of bleach. Minutes later, a worried father enters, carrying a two-year-old girl ...

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