Cholera is an acute bacterial disease. It causes severe acute watery diarrhoea, vomiting, and dehydration which leads to death, if not treated on time. [iStockphoto] At least six deaths and 271 new ...

BusinessDay had earlier reported that at least 39 people have been confirmed dead, with 4,204 cases of cholera recorded ...

An unprecedented shortage of cholera vaccine has public health experts fearing that a recent surge of outbreaks across developing countries will only worsen, a situation they argue is as regrettable ...

The governor’s aide advised the public to report all cases of stooling with or without vomiting to the nearest government health facility. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to ...

Death toll from cholera has risen to 37, with over 3,000 cases recorded across 36 wards in seven local government areas of Borno State.

Dr Orie Agomoh, Director, Public Health and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Umuahia. Agomoh said that the 109 cases of ...

Experts have used a cutting-edge computational approach to discover the genetic factors that make the bacteria behind cholera so dangerous -- which could be key to preventing this deadly disease. The ...

Rita Colwell has been studying cholera for half a century Her team discovered an innovative way to control the disease in Bangladesh Research has shown cholera is related to global warming, she says ...