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Fears of a cholera outbreak have been sparked after several people in the UK have picked up the illness from contaminated holy water. The bacterial disease was in the water taken from a sacred ...

A Scots mum was hospitalised for five days after swimming with friends in contaminated water.

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether ...

A severe case of a bacterial lung infection has been confirmed in Townsville as an outbreak continues down south, killing one ...

Researchers are warning that bottles of "holy water" from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that could cause cholera. As detailed in a new report published in the journal ...

In all, "The extension of a cholera outbreak in Africa causing a cluster of infections in Europe is unusual," the authors ...

It does not spread through the air, water, touch or social contact ... people acquired the disease as a result of contaminated and improperly cleaned surgical equipment. In a few other cases ...

Hepatitis viruses A to E differ in transmission and severity, ranging from foodborne infections to bloodborne risks. We got in touch with an expert who explains how poor sanitation, contaminated food, ...