A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has claimed 136 lives so far, according to the Caribbean nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who were infected died in a hospital or in cholera ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years which has killed almost 2,000 people since January, the U.N. children's agency said on Monday.

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Nov 13 (Reuters) - Africa is facing the worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, the Africa CDC told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, blaming the rise on fragile water systems and conflict. The ...

Cholera, or “the blue death” as it is sometimes called, is often thought of as a disease of the distant past. This is far from true. The world is still in the midst of a cholera pandemic, unbeknownst ...