Aid groups warn rain and heat may trigger disease outbreaks like cholera among quake survivors camping in the open ...

Cholera has killed five people as the country scrambles to respond to the outbreak that has affected Nairobi, Kisumu and ...

Nairobi County issues cholera outbreak alert following reported cases in Kibera, hospitals urged to activate rapid response ...

Philippe Barboza, cholera team lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that this year already, 100,000 cholera cases and 1,300 deaths had been reported. Preliminary data showed that 810,000 ...

Between April and July this year, food shortages are expected to worsen, with an estimated 7.7 million people in South Sudan ...

As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of hydrogen.

The government has pledged to combat cholera outbreaks by improving access to safe drinking water and enhancing sanitation ...

More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country ...

Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global ...