Scientists at the University of California-San Diego say they have uncovered a biochemical mechanism that helps make cholera toxin (CT) so deadly. Individuals afflicted with the disease often suffer ...

Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by a toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae that leads to life-threatening losses of fluid and electrolytes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ...

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, ...

The evolutionary history of the pandemic Vibrio cholerae lineage shows that its emergence has not been linear, but shaped by several key genetic bottlenecks that explain its rarity. From a group of ...

A pandemic emerges. It spreads around the world, claims lives and devastates economies for decades. Climate change makes it even deadlier. It infects hundreds of millions of people and kills millions, ...

Cholera, or “the blue death” as it is sometimes called, is often thought of as a disease of the distant past. This is far from true. The world is still in the midst of a cholera pandemic, unbeknownst ...

Yemen is currently experiencing the worst cholera outbreak in history, and health experts warn that the disease is not under control. Here’s what you should know about the issue. Cholera is a ...

(Washington, DC) – A resurgence of cholera in Haiti’s West department underscores the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch ...

National Road 6 runs west from Mozambique’s port city Beira towards Chimoio and Manica province and the Zimbabwe border. Near the coast it goes through a low-lying agricultural area that was flooded ...

Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health, has reported on ...