Nairobi County issues cholera outbreak alert following reported cases in Kibera, hospitals urged to activate rapid response ...

Cholera has killed five people as the country scrambles to respond to the outbreak that has affected Nairobi, Kisumu and Migori counties.According to a statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH), the ...

Philippe Barboza, cholera team lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that this year already, 100,000 cholera ...

Between April and July this year, food shortages are expected to worsen, with an estimated 7.7 million people in South Sudan ...

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of hydrogen.

More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country ...

Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global ...

Extreme weather in Myanmar complicates rescue efforts after a deadly earthquake, with a rising risk of disease outbreaks among survivors. The quake severely damaged healthcare facilities, increasing ...

Millions of people have been repeatedly driven from first their homes and then, again, from camps, often multiple times. Families have been pushed into impossible choices just to survive, such as ...

By many accounts, dearth of potable water has exacerbated economic challenges and fueled the spread of waterborne diseases ...