Waterborne diseases

woman with other women and children

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 

Health & Medicine

Flooded areas have seen surges in malaria and other waterborne illnesses. 

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)

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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.