IN September, 1831, Asiatic cholera erupted in England. Faced with a mounting death rate and lacking effective therapy, the medical profession grasped at an array of empirical remedies ranging ...

The Asiatic cholera, having, under God's will, crossed the boundary within which nature seemed to have confined it, has spread through the crowded shores of a French port, and thence to the ...

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Credit: Memoranda on Asiatic cholera : its mode of spreading, and its prevention / by William Budd. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of ...

Malawi’s government launched a plan Thursday to stop cholera outbreaks by 2030. Officials say that if the government and international partners can effectively cooperate, they can greatly reduce ...

The country's worst recorded cholera epidemic was in 2008 and 2009, which resulted in nearly 100,000 confirmed cases and 4,288 deaths, according to the WHO. Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak ...

Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in countries with the lowest health spending and fewest resources — often ...

The leading killer was cholera, with more than 3,700 reported deaths, followed by measles, which reportedly claimed about 3,200 lives. When looking at suspected cases, measles led and cholera ...

"Rivers is particularly prone to outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera during the dry seasons." The Rivers State Government has announced the death of nine people following a suspected ...

Zoo officials said Beezler celebrated her 32nd birthday on Monday, and according to officials, she is the oldest living Asiatic black bear in human care in the U.S., surpassing the median life ...

To prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in his locality, the Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Rawlings Andaye, has distributed free drugs to all primary healthcare ...