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, ...

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered what gives Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes ...

Here are the common causes and preventions of cholera. Contaminated water, such as tap water from contaminated supplies, ice or drinks made from unclean water, and infected water used for growing ...

Cholera remains a major global health threat, particularly in areas with poor sanitation and limited access to clean drinking water. A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the ...

In the mid-2000s, researchers showed that as cholera bacteria multiplied in waters during outbreaks, viruses that preyed on ...

An alert has been issued by the Ministry of Health following an outbreak of cholera in six counties, namely Kiambu, Nairobi, Murang'a, Kajiado, Nakuru, and Uasin Gishu. Cumulatively, there are 61 ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has attributed the recent outbreak of cholera in some parts of Nigeria to the consumption of sachet water (popularly called pure water). Other causes of the ...