Every epidemic begins with a suspicion – a sudden rise in illness, recurring symptoms and the first severely ill patients. In ...

The specimen has been sent to the state public health and clinical laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and it will take 48 hours ...

Although many people who become infected have no symptoms or mild symptoms, symptomatic cases of cholera can progress quickly, leading to severe dehydration that can be fatal. One study estimated ...

The Health department is on high alert after a case of cholera which was confirmed at Thalavady in Kuttanad a day ago. The patient, identified as a 48-year-old man from Ward VI in Thalavady grama ...

After all four UK patients developed cholera symptoms, the water was 'disposed of', they added. The scientists also urged medics treating patients of Ethiopian heritage who are displaying ...

Cholera can be contracted by drinking dirty water, eating food such as shellfish that has been in dirty water or handled by an infected individual. Common symptoms include watery diarrhoea ...

Although many people who become infected have no symptoms or mild symptoms, symptomatic cases of cholera can progress quickly, leading to severe dehydration that can be fatal. One study estimated that ...