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) Salmonella Typhi through a polluted water supply.
It was the first report of a waterborne
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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 to clean water, open defecation, poor sanitation, and hygiene issues.
Between January and the start
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 herring eggs.
Island Health it is investigating confirmed cases of cholera contracted by people on
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 and partly because of the marketing efforts of the fresh produce industry.
The annual remembrance
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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. Jetblue Airways, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Silver Airways began flying to Cuba earlier this
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 American Society for Microbiology.
A separate group of researchers last week also published a study
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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 new report.
According to an independent panel of experts commissioned by the United Nations
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 trials for a drug to treat secretory diarrhea.
Diarrheal diseases–such as cholera–kill nearly 5,000 children
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 and killed almost 3,000, was magnified by the November floods caused
by hurricane Tomas, which
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 least 2,000 people, originated right next to a UN base outside of the town of
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