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Rita Colwell explores cholera and climate change in School of Public Health lecture
The UW School of Public Health and the department of environmental & occupational health sciences hosted their annual Omenn ...
The WHO Is Fighting A Multi-Country Outbreak Of Cholera
A new outbreak in Angola , West Africa started on January 7, 2025, and it is likely to get worse as it spreads to more rural ...
Cholera symptom warning as drug-resistant strain found in UK from contaminated holy water
Ethiopia has been experiencing an ongoing cholera outbreak since 2022, with nearly 60,000 cases and 726 deaths reported. The water-bound disease has now made its way into Europe as a handful of UK and ...
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Everything you need to know about cholera
Dear doctor,There is a cholera outbreak in the area where I live. It seems to be a very dangerous disease. How can you know if you have it so that you can get treated early? SimonDear Simon,Cholera is ...
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Angola Fights Cholera Outbreak with International Support and Health Response Measures
In March 2025, Angola received 2,000 life-saving oral cholera vaccines for frontline healthcare workers ... the country’s capacity in surveillance, laboratory testing, infection prevention and control ...
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Thousands of Marketside celery sticks sold at Walmart are being recalled due to fears of Listeria, a potentially deadly bacterium
That’s because a select celery stick product is being recalled due to fears that it may be contaminated with Listeria, a potentially deadly bacterium. Here’s what you need to know. On April 10 ...
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Kenya cholera outbreak kills five: health official
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection that spreads through contaminated food and water and typically causes severe diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps. It is especially dangerous for young ...
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Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Health Directorate initiates cholera prevention programme
“Residents must stop dumping sewage and waste into open drains and gutters because this unacceptable practice spreads cholera infection, as flies can transport the vibrio cholera bacteria from ...
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Eight cholera patients in South Sudan die walking to clinic after US aid cuts, charity say
NAIROBI, April 9 — Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK ...
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8 people die from cholera in South Sudan as funding cuts force longer walks to clinics
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five children were among eight people who died from cholera in South Sudan after aid cuts are forcing patients to walk for hours to the nearest clinics, an aid organization ...
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8 people die from cholera in South Sudan as funding cuts force longer walks to clinics
(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five children were among eight people who died from cholera in South Sudan after aid cuts are forcing patients to walk for hours to the nearest ...