The IRC calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow for the free flow of aid and movement of aid workers to reach those in need. While the primary source of mortality is the ongoing violence, the IRC ...

Pakistani children who survived the floods are now vulnerable to illness caused by contaminated water. Millions of children who survived the floods that ravaged Pakistan are now vulnerable to a second ...

During a 25-year period ending in 2022, public health officials in 23 states — including New York — and Puerto Rico reported 60 "splash pad" associated outbreaks due to waterborne disease, the Centers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 10,000 people got sick in outbreaks linked to water playgrounds between 1997 and 2022. The outbreaks ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 28, 2024 (ENS) – “You got into the mud, walked through flood water and had symptoms of leptospirosis? Seek health care, as there is treatment and we have enough medication.

DHAKA (Reuters) - Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people ...

An analysis of 12 years of data collected from over 500 hospitals in 25 different U.S. states shows that weather, geographic location, and urban or rural location all appear to influence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CDC study found that splash pads, or water playgrounds, have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of ...

THE government is scrambling to raise funds after revealing that it is running low on critical medical supplies needed to curb a surge in waterborne diseases.

Bengaluru: Over the past five years, Karnataka consistently recorded a very high number of acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) and ...

As the monsoon season rages over portions of Asia, Africa, and tropical America, bringing relief from summer heat, it also opens the floodgates literally to a range of health issues. Foremost among ...