Cholera had the world in its grip during the 19th century. Six separate pandemics of the intestinal disease began between 1817 and 1899, each of them originating from the Indian subcontinent. The ...

Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America. When we ...

Models suggest that in some cases, expanded antibiotic use could slow outbreaks and even reduce the overall risk of antibiotic resistance by decreasing the number of people infected. Cholera kills ...

A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths in the area. The following is an excerpt from Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s ...

Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year-and cases have spiked in recent years, leaving governments with an urgent need to find the best ways to control outbreaks ...

Scientists have revealed the spread of a highly drug-resistant cholera strain. Scientists from the National Reference Center for Vibrios and Cholera at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the ...

Cholera can kill a person in a matter of hours. It's a severe gastro-intestinal disease, and it can trigger so much diarrhea and vomiting that patients can rapidly become dehydrated. They lose so much ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise and could spread to neighbouring countries, including Chad, which hosts hundreds of ...

N'Djamena, Chad, July 2, 2025 — Alain Rusuku, Country Director, IRC Chad, said: “Following concerns expressed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) about the spread of the unprecedented Cholera ...