Cholera sickens nearly 200 in Angola Independent online Luanda - At least 194 cases of cholera have been detected in one province of southern Angola since December 20, local media reported Friday. | Some 35 cases have been discovered in the last 48 hours, the director of the Cahama regional hospital told the Angolan press agency, Angop. | The bacterial d...
UN chief names special advisor for Haiti cholera PhysOrg | Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Paul Farmer, a doctor and professor at Harvard Medical School, to "help galvanize support for the elimination of cholera in Haiti," the United Nations said in a statement. | He will also be charged with advising "on lessons learned" from the epidemic and "how those can be...
Open Defeacation Costs Ghana 79 Million Dollars – Expert Peace FM Online Professor Chris Gordon, Director, Institute of Environment and Sanitation, University of Ghana, Legon, on Tuesday said open defecation cost Ghana 79 million dollars per year, where as it would require less than one million latrines to eliminate the p...
Open defecation costs Ghana 79 million dollars – Prof Gordon Joy Online Professor Chris Gordon, Director, Institute of Environment and Sanitation, University of Ghana, Legon, on Tuesday said open defecation cost Ghana 79 million dollars per year, where as it would require less than one million latrines to eliminate the p...
Teaching About the Flu With The New York Times The New York Times | “Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body,” a video from NPRHealth | Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.See all in Health »See all lesson plans » | The flu has recently reached epidemic levels in the United States and has...
Obama announces US gun control policies Al Jazeera | Barack Obama, US president, has called for the reinstatement of a ban on "military-style" assault weapons and criminal background checks for gun sales as part of a $500m package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun v...
Cholera returns to Cuba, 51 cases confirmed The Examiner | Just six months after the first cholera outbreak on the Caribbean island in a century was declared over, the highly infectious and potentially lethal gastrointestinal disease has returned to Cuba, according to a CNN report Jan. 15. | The British Em...
Cuba acknowledges cholera outbreak in Havana Al Jazeera | Cuba's public health ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread. | The ministry said nobody had died from the latest outbreak, which began on January 6, and stressed that ...
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases Newsday | HAVANA - (AP) -- Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency....
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases Austin American Statesman | Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency. | The ministry s...
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases STL Today | Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency. | The ministry s...
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases Dayton Daily News | Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency. | The ministry s...
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases PhysOrg | The ministry said nobody had died from the latest outbreak, which began Jan. 6, and stressed that preventive measures already taken had put the disease "on the way to extinction." It said cholera was first detected in the capital's Cerro neighborho...
Cavs' Varejao headed for surgery Sun Sentinel Cleveland, OH — | The Cleveland Cavaliers announced center Anderson Varejao will undergo knee surgery on Thursday and is expected to be sidelined 6-to-8 weeks. | Varejao hasn't played since suffering a right knee contusion against the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 18. | The team issued a statement explaining Varejao's injury. | "Diagnosis was a rig...
Dengue is fastest-spreading tropical disease, WHO says Daily Press | GENEVA (Reuters) - Dengue is the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease and represents a "pandemic threat", infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. | Transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes, the disease is occurring more widely due to increased movement of peo...
