A waterborne typhoid fever outbreak sickened more than 20 people in China earlier this year.
The outbreak involved 23 patients in an apartment in Changping District in Beijing and was caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR)
Continue Reading China records Salmonella outbreak from contaminated water
More than 30,000 cases of cholera and 800 deaths have been reported so far this year, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
NCDC said the outbreak has been exacerbated by poor access
Continue Reading Cholera outbreak kills 800 in Nigeria
The First Nations Health Authority and Island Health are warning the public following confirmed cases of Vibrio cholera infection associated with eating
Continue Reading Vancouver Island officials investigate Vibrio cholera illnesses
Although it is a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States Cinco de Mayo has become increasingly popular, partly because it provides those with ties to Mexico to celebrate its customs and culture
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Fidel Castro’s death came by coincidence just ahead of several more American airlines this week beginning regular airline service to Cuba.
On the runway for take-off to Cuba this week are United and Delta Airlines.
Continue Reading Travelers to Cuba might first listen up about the food safety risks
United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal likely did bring cholera into Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake last year, according to a new study published this week in mBio, a journal of the
Continue Reading Nepal Likely Source of Haiti's Cholera Outbreak
In the search for the cause of Haiti’s recent cholera outbreak, which has claimed more than 4,500 lives and sickened 300,000 people, the finger of blame cannot be pointed at a single source, says a
Saying it is hard to overstate the need for such a medicine, the Institute for OneWorld Health (iOWH) this week announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to begin phase 1
The rice harvest in northwestern Haiti is likely to suffer over widespread fear among farmers about cholera contamination, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced this week.
Haiti’s cholera outbreak, which has sickened almost 150,000
Continue Reading Rice Farmers in Haiti Fear Cholera Contamination
Speculation that United Nation Nepalese peacekeepers brought Cholera to earthquake-ravaged Haiti gained some legitimacy this week. French epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux conducted an evaluation of the outbreak and concluded that the outbreak, which has killed at
Continue Reading Cholera Outbreak in Haiti Likely from UN Troops
