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 ...

Southern and eastern African countries are facing a resurgence of cholera, threatening worldwide progress toward eliminating the disease, a recent analysis warns. The study, published in the ...

But firstly this week, the dedicated Nellie Brennan, born January 1792, who died just three days before her 67th birthday in 1859. She rests in a quiet place in St George’s churchyard, on the other ...

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a cholera vaccination campaign in Accra to combat the escalating outbreak of the disease across multiple ...

A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city has killed nearly 60 people and left about 1,300 others ill over the last three days, health authorities said on Saturday. The outbreak in the ...

A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city ...

Luanda — Ninety-seven new cases of cholera were reported in the last 24 hours in Angolan provinces of Luanda, Bengo, Icolo and Bengo, Malanje and Cabinda. According to the Ministry of Health ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is intensifying vaccination and sensitisation as a cholera outbreak claims 40 lives, with 500 confirmed cases and suspected cases of 6,000 nationwide. The outbreak ...