Every epidemic begins with a suspicion – a sudden rise in illness, recurring symptoms and the first severely ill patients. In ...

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 kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year—and cases have spiked in recent years, leaving ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

Other factors that help to confirm the diagnosis include vomiting, rapid dehydration, recent travel to an area where cholera ...

laboratory scientists, and other health workers who provide direct patient care in the absence of standard precautions. “The symptoms of cholera include acute profuse, painless watery diarrhoea ...

New mathematical models suggest that for some cholera outbreaks, prescribing antibiotics more aggressively could slow or stop ...