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1 day ago · Cholera continues to affect an estimated 3–5 million people worldwide and causes 28,800–130,000 deaths a year. To date, seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the developing world, with the most recent beginning in 1961, and continuing today. The illness is rare in high-income countries, and affects children most severely.
- 28,800 (2015)
3 days ago · That includes bacterial diseases straight out of The Oregon Trail — like cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever. Diseases that are rare in communities with access to modern water treatment practices.
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16 hours ago · The United Nations on Monday expressed fears at what it called a "rapidly worsening" outbreak of cholera in war-ravaged Yemen, with more than 40,000 suspected cases since October, mainly in areas ...
3 days ago · A behind the-scenes glimpse at a rare campaign. COVID-19 taught the world that a rolling epidemic crisis imperils control of other diseases. Measles, often called the "canary in the coalmine", has spiked in the years since the pandemic struck: being highly infectious, the virus punches through quickly when gaps open in the immunisation safety net.
16 hours ago · Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe diarrhea and dehydration. It has been on the rise around the world since 2021. Each year, there are some 1.3 to 4 million cases of cholera worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Approximately 21,000 to 143,000 deaths occur as a result.
16 hours ago · Compounding these challenges is a rapidly escalating cholera outbreak, with over 40,000 suspected cases and a rising death toll, particularly affecting Houthi (known also as Ansar Allah)-controlled areas, where hundreds of new infections are reported daily.
4 days ago · W eeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera vaccine, the World Health Organization moved to prequalify a new cholera vaccine last month. The ...
