Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today’s coronavirus pandemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden […]
Mozambicans line up for cholera vaccines to fight outbreak
Mozambicans lined up Wednesday to get cholera vaccines in the cyclone-hit city of Beira, at the start of a drive […]
Stopping cholera in its tracks with bacteriophages
Cholera strikes almost 3 million people each year worldwide, causing 95,000 deaths. An acute diarrheal infection, it’s prevalent in regions […]
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria claims nearly 100 lives
A cholera outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria has claimed nearly 100 lives over the past two weeks, the United Nations said […]
Zimbabwe cholera deaths at 24, drugs resistant: WHO
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 24 with first-line antibiotics struggling to treat the […]
Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe’s capital escalates; 21 dead
Zimbabwe’s police say they are banning “public gatherings” in Harare in an effort to curb a cholera outbreak that has […]
Cholera claims 18 lives in Zimbabwe: official
At least 18 people have died over the past week in the Zimbabwe capital Harare and scores fallen ill after […]
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between January and mid-August and […]
Old foe, cholera, returns to haunt Algeria
Outside a hospital in Algeria, worried relatives arrive daily in a desperate bid to talk to those quarantined inside—the victims […]