by the spread of disease." (As portrayed by Benoit Girard in Canada: A People's History) Three days later, cholera took its first victim. The illness spread like wildfire all the way to Montreal ...

The fact that contaminated water and poor sanitation could help spread diseases like cholera was not understood in the 19th century. Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the ...

Angola's cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World Health Organization said Saturday, warning that the risk of ...

South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned ...

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, have said that to avert a fresh cholera outbreak in the country during the forthcoming rainy season, Nigerians must keep their ...

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 known as ...

The warm and ecologically sensitive Gulf waters provide a thriving habitat for harmful pathogens, according to the CDC.

All passengers were quarantined on board. Onboard conditions were unsanitary and allowed for the spread of infectious diseases such as cholera, a sometimes fatal affliction that can cause diarrhea ...

described cholera as a deadly disease that can be avoided if the proper care is taken He urged the students to assist the organisation and the government in raising alarm where necessary through ...

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 ...