By many accounts, dearth of potable water has exacerbated economic challenges and fueled the spread of waterborne diseases ...

Why Africa’s deadly cholera crisis is worse than ever - Nearly 350,000 cases have been reported in the past four years, with ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday, which killed more than 2,700 people and left more than 4,500 injured, severely damaged critical infrastructure including major bridges and roads ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mario Joseph, a human rights attorney in Haiti known for his involvement in high-profile cases, has ...

ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopia BureauADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) - A HUMANITARIAN crisis is speedily unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border. This comes amid escalating ...

Shelter, clean water and medicine are in short supply following the earthquake in Myanmar that has caused significant ...

As cholera cases continue to rise in Ethiopia's Gambella region, claiming more lives, the government has launched a weeklong vaccination campaign targeting one million people. Health officials say the ...

Angola's cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World Health Organization said Saturday, warning that the risk of ...

The warm and ecologically sensitive Gulf waters provide a thriving habitat for harmful pathogens, according to the CDC.

THE cholera outbreak, which was mainly in Mashonaland Central, has spread to the Mashonaland East province with reports that government has deployed personnel to Dindi area in the Uzumba-Maramba ...

Cholera is a bacterial infection that's caused by a microbe that thrives in water. People who become seriously ill with cholera may become dehydrated very quickly due to explosive diarrhea and ...