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 ...
Although transmission has been interrupted in Mangu, Ba'amlong warned that infections were still being recorded in Jos North, ...
Though undeniably effective, the current rehydration therapy for cholera could increase the toxicity of the cholera bacterium, researchers have discovered. Backed with new data, the scientists propose ...
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 ...
MSF warns Borno’s cholera outbreak has overwhelmed health facilities, with over 35,500 suspected cases and transmission still ...
From Haiti to Syria to Pakistan, UNICEF is rushing supplies for cholera treatment and prevention, focusing on the most vulnerable. Dr. Fatima Adeli and her UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition ...
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, ...
During a cholera outbreak in 1968 in villages east of Dhaka, two young public health specialists began giving desperately ill patients liter after liter of a simple formula: salt and sugar dissolved ...
Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine, resulting in severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can result in dehydration and death. The main treatment involves oral ...
The Plateau State Government says it has recorded 441 suspected cases of cholera and 14 deaths across four local government areas since the outbreak began in June. The Commissioner for Health, Dr ...