Lagos, Rivers, and eight other states account for 90% of the cholera cases. Lagos, the centre of the outbreaks, has cautioned against purchasing unsafe locally-made beverages from street vendors and ...

A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in ...

If you are travelling to an area with known cholera outbreaks, consider getting vaccinated. While the vaccine offers some protection, it is not 100% effective and should be used in conjunction with ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...

Malaria is Nigeria's biggest seasonal threat and can be prevented by using treated nets and draining stagnant water where mosquitoes breed. Avoid cholera and typhoid by boiling all drinking water and ...

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection. On the left, a Vibrio cholerae strain that produces the antimicrobial MvcC (center) ...

Effia, May 19, GNA – Communities in the Western Region have been urged to clean their surroundings to avoid an increase in suspected cholera cases on onset of the rains. Mr. Oliver Cromwell, the ...