In 1854, a cholera outbreak in London caused hundreds of deaths within a short period. Physician John Snow investigated the ...

A comprehensive study that took over 20 years to develop has explained the tradeoff that the cholera bacteria faces when ...

Cholera is contracted by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria is usually found in water contaminated with feces. Dehydration from rapid loss of body ...

Harare mayor Jacob Mafume this week issued a stark warning that the capital is on the brink of a cholera outbreak unless ...

Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly 4 years due to a vaccine shortage, the WHO said Wednesday. In a joint statement, WHO, vaccine alliance ...

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 ...

The transmission is increasingly being driven by a few member states, but what is more concerning is the cross-border ...

Police arrested 55 people in Lusaka after residents rioted over a curfew and ban on street vending imposed to control a ...

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study. Experts at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, icddr,b (International Centre for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African Medical Research Council head Prof Glenda Grey administers a cholera vaccine to Shadrack Makutu, a participant in ...

The African CDC has recently warned of a surge in cholera cases across the continent. Cholera, caused by certain strains of V. cholerae, is a waterborne infection that spreads rapidly, particularly in ...