The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where floodwaters were slowly receding, and health authorities warned additional fatalities were likely. Rio ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern about outbreaks of waterborne disease ...

KEY POINTS Legionnaires’ disease, caused by inhaling water droplets carrying Legionella bacteria, is the country’s deadliest waterborne illness. The bacteria flourish in warm, stagnant water inside ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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Mizoram's Lawngtlai District Deputy Commissioner, Donny Lalruatsanga, visited the locality affected by a suspected waterborne ...

A good number of families in Afaha Atai, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have been brought to their knees with the incidents of water borne diseases ravaging the community.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where floodwaters were slowly receding, and health authorities warned additional fatalities ...