As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe ...
MSF warns Borno’s cholera outbreak has overwhelmed health facilities, with over 35,500 suspected cases and transmission still ...
Not fewer than 198 people have lost their lives, and 35,000 cases of cholera have been reported since May 2026 in Borno State. In a statement issued by MSF to journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday, ...
European tourists who toted home bottles of water from a holy well in Ethiopia were likely hoping for blessings and spiritual cleansing—but instead carried an infectious curse and got an intestinal ...
GENEVA – A new wave of cholera in Sudan, the second outbreak since the start of the war sixteen months ago, is threatening displaced communities across the country, warns UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency ...
The organisation attributed the surge to overcrowded informal settlements, limited access to safe drinking water, poor sanitation and inadequate waste managementHealthcare facilities in Borno State ...
The humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, has raised the alarm over a worsening cholera outbreak in Borno State, reporting 35,000 suspected cases and 198 deaths so far.MSF said the ...
Recent disease modeling research challenges public health guidelines recommending conservative antibiotic use for cholera, suggesting that for some outbreaks, prescribing antibiotics more aggressively ...
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Continental Public Health Emergency, in a statement late Monday. JMIR ...
Thirteen people died out of 534 affected by outbreak of cholera in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State between May and ...
While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...