Krugman calls out Trump for cholera in Puerto Rico, CDC does not anticipate
It’s so unfortunate that politics trumps everything in 2017 (no pun intended), so much to the point that it is nauseating to continue to read and hear about. Whether it be the NFL or Dr. Seuss books, it is More...
Yemen cholera outbreak tops 10,000
The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has reported new cases of cholera in Yemen. Image/CIA Since the last update on 6 December, 1173 new suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea/ cholera and 3 additional More...
Yemen suspected cholera cases double in a week
In a follow-up to a report last week on the cholera outbreak in Yemen, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has confirmed additional cases of cholera and cholera-related deaths in the country. Image/CIA As More...
Iraq declares cholera outbreak: ‘We expect the number of cases to increase within the coming days’
The Iraqi Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak this weekend after a large number of acute watery diarrhea diseases cases were reported from Najaf and Diwaniya governorates and parts of west Baghdad. Image/CIA Laboratory More...
Cholera in Nigeria: 22,000 cases reported in first half of 2014
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria that has affected at least 17 states has sickened some 22,000 people during the first 5 1/2 months of 2014. According to a report in This Day Live today, Minister of Health, Prof. More...
Taiwan reports first ‘locally acquired’ dengue case of the summer, first indigenous cholera case
The Taiwan Center for Disease Control (CDC) is advising the public about removing mosquito breeding sites after health officials reported the first autochthonous case of dengue fever this summer. Image/CIA The patient More...
South Sudan cholera outbreak grows, 670 cases in Juba
The cholera outbreak that was declared by the South Sudan Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization three weeks ago in Juba, has blossomed to hundreds of cases and two dozen deaths, More...
Crisis in South Sudan: conflict, famine and cholera
The conflict in South Sudan, which began in mid-December 2013, has left a third of the population severely food insecure. Many people are unable to farm, tend to their livestock and feed their families. According More...
Chikungunya, cholera and other diseases in Haiti: An ‘on the ground’ perspective with Haitian Hearts, Dr. John Carroll
The cholera epidemic that began in October 2010 on the Caribbean island of Haiti, several months after the massive earthquake, has accounted for greater than 700,000 cases and 8,500 deaths. The mosquito borne virus, More...
Alamada placed under a ‘state of calamity’, over 500 sickened in diarrhea outbreak
In a follow up to a report Tuesday, the city of Alamada in North Cotabato province has been placed under a state of calamity after more than 500 people has been sickened in a diarrhea outbreak, according to a Philippine More...
Philippines: Cholera sickens more than 200 in Alamada
More than 200 residents of the city of Alamada in Cotabato province in Mindanao have been sickened by a diarrheal outbreak suspected to be cholera. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr The Philippines news source, More...
Haiti cholera cases down in 2014
The cholera epidemic that began in October 2010 on the Caribbean island of Haiti, several months after the massive earthquake, has accounted for greater than 700,000 cases and 8,500 deaths as of March 10, according More...
Nigeria: Nearly 1,000 cholera cases reported in January
The large cholera outbreak that plagued the west Africa nation of Nigeria in 2013 appears to have continued its course during the first month of 2014, according to data published on Catholic Online Sunday. Image/CIA Based More...
Makurdi, Nigeria cholera outbreak kills at least 30
An outbreak of cholera in Makurdi, in Benue State has accounted in at least 30 deaths from the serious gastrointestinal disease, according to a report today in the Abuja news source, Leadership. Image/CIA Local More...
Cholera kills 11 in Nigeria’s Jigawa State
An outbreak of cholera in Nigeria’s Jigawa State has killed at least 11 people, health officials note, according to Premium Times report Thursday. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According to a statement More...
Nigeria: Kano State has reported 71 cholera deaths since November
Since the first cholera cases appeared in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, health officials have reported no less than 71 fatalities due to the bacterial disease, according to a This Day Live report Friday. According More...
Mexico reports three new cholera cases, brings total to 187
Three new cholera cases have been confirmed in Mexico, the first cases in a month, bringing the total number of cases to 187, according to a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) cholera Epidemiological Update More...
Mexico cholera outbreak increases by four cases, government says it’s ‘under control’
The cholera outbreak in Mexico has grown to 184 cases, that’s an increase of four cases since the last update nearly two weeks ago, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. The newest cases More...
Mexico cholera outbreak rises to 180 with new cases from Hidalgo and Veracruz
The outbreak of cholera in Mexico continues to rise as The Ministry of Health reports an additional four cases, two eah from Hidalgo and Veracruz states, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. Vibrio More...
Nigeria cholera outbreak grows: 1,623 cases and 86 deaths
The outbreak of cholera is growing and expanding in the west African country of Nigeria as the bacterial disease is being reported in higher numbers from more states. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According More...
