Despite efforts to improve the availability of safe water and adequate sanitation, cholera continues to kill more than 100,000 people around the world every year. To combat this needless suffering, ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. The virulent ...

The bacteria—V cholerae—colonize the small intestine where they secrete a potent enterotoxin. This toxin does not damage the intestinal lining but leads to the overproduction of cyclic AMP, which ...

CAIRO (AP) — Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders — also ...

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

Private health facilities in Mandera County have been put on notice for not giving proper medical attention to cholera patients at their hospitals. While addressing the media, Mandera Health CEC ...

Cholera cases are on the rise in eastern and southern Africa, leaving 28.4 million people in need across 11 countries. UNICEF is working with partners to improve critical health, water, sanitation and ...

SANAA, Yemen — Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected cases has doubled in March over previous months and doctors in overwhelmed health facilities ...

Beds reserved for accident victims at the Kenyatta National Hospital have been taken over by cholera patients as the scourge continues to ravage the country. By last evening, the country’s referral ...

Though the number of diarrhoea patients being admitted to Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Teku is gradually declining, cases of cholera have not yet come under full control. Dr ...