Waterborne diseases

As flood waters drop, Brazil faces a waterborne disease outbreak

Natural disasters

Heavy rain hit southern Brazil over the weekend, exacerbating the already unprecedented flooding tragedy the region has undergone since last April. Of the major concerns right now are respiratory illnesses and a bacterial disease that has already killed more than a dozen people.

woman with other women and children

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 

Health & Medicine

Cuban Government Confirms Cholera Outbreak in Havana

Global Politics
The World

The Thirst for Safe Water Series: Part One – Microbes in our Drinking Water

The World

Microbes in Drinking Water (The Thirst for Safe Water Series, Part 1)

Water Series Promo

Finally, a programming note about an upcoming special series. A hundred years ago, Americans died by the thousands from waterborne diseases like: typhoid, cholera, dysentery. Today, water treatment has made those epidemics a distant memory. But we still can’t be sure that what comes out of our taps is completely safe. Next week, in the […]

The World

Health Note/Fashionable Filters

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on a cheap and simple method to filter out cholera bacteria from contaminated water.

The World

Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic

Health & Medicine

Cholera has killed hundreds of Zimbabweans…and infected thousands. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more about the disease from Rita Colwell, a cholera expert at the University of Maryland, College Park.