Our 19th century super sewers turn 150 this year, but before the Great Stink, festering cesspits had to be cleared out by ...

In 1854, physician John Snow traced a deadly London cholera outbreak to a single water pump, challenging the dominant “miasma” theory that disease was caused by bad air. Authorities resisted his ...

A major cholera outbreak, thought to have started at a popular Lexington tavern, killed about 7% of the city’s population in 1833.

These countries are thought to account for 84 percent of total cases and 92 percent of deaths that have been reported due to cholera in Africa in 2025 so far. Health officials in Ivory Coast have also ...

Authorities in Ivory Coast have announced an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven people have died from the disease.

John Brenkus, the creator and host of the show “Sport Science,” which explored the physics and mechanics of sports and athletes, died on Saturday. He was 53.

CAIRO (AP) — A fast-spreading cholera outbreak has hit Sudan, killing 172 people, with more than 2,500 others becoming ill in the past week. Centered around Khartoum, the disease has spread as ...