The international medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has raised concerns over the rapidly ...

The bacteria causing cholera is present in stool or other effluent that may seep into and contaminate waterways, soil or sources of drinking water. Drinking infected water or even just using it to ...

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 ...

Nigeria's cholera outbreak worsens with 5,260 cases and 67 deaths. Children under five are most affected. Learn about the ...

Patients and companions at the Cholera Treatment Center in Haiti, April 2015. Andres Martinez Casares On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing thousands of people and ...

A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others since it started in early ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, said the outbreak had spread across 14 local government areas and 50 wards, citing figures from the Borno State Ministry of ...

Cholera is a diarrheal disease that is caused by an intestinal bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. Recently an outbreak of cholera in Haiti brought public attention to this deadly disease. In this work, the ...

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study. Researchers have found that, in the Ganges Delta, cholera bacteria rapidly gain ...

For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city with a 'hyper-endemic' level of the disease. Researchers from the Wellcome ...