Bavita Nybvol waves her hand in front of her face. It’s 37C inside the cholera clinic. There is no air. Beside her on the pallet bed, her 10-year-old daughter Aluth dozes uneasily. Like dozens ...
Cholera is spread through contaminated water, and by hand contact. It is extremely infectious, an outbreak in Ireland in 1832-33 saw 76% death rates in some areas. Later administrator for the ...
As measles cases in West Texas are still on the rise two months after the outbreak began, local public health officials say they expect the virus to keep spreading for at least several more months ...
Experts say the outbreak is driven by undervaccination. MMR coverage is particularly low in Gaines County, where nearly 1 in 5 incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year did not get the ...
More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas. The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an additional four measles cases in Kansas on Friday. The most recent cases bring the total for the state up to 10.
As the disease has spread, so has a wave of disinformation about the causes of cholera, leading to mob attacks against community leaders, and against schools. [Image: Ikweli] The outbreak of cholera ...
Fears over a measles outbreak at Washington Dulles International Airport are emerging after two more passengers tested positive for the disease. The pair, who had returned to the US from abroad ...
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide. By Teddy Rosenbluth After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure ...
FG Trade/Getty Images The growing measles outbreak in the U.S. has reached 378 confirmed cases, surpassing the total number of cases in 2024. The CDC issued a measles advisory for travelers and ...
The FDA has initiated a site inspection related to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has sickened more than two dozen people. Although it has also begun sample testing, the Food and Drug ...