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CAIRO (AP) — A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city's water...

ISABEL, Leyte – The local government here has declared a cholera outbreak in the indigenous people (IP) village in Barangay Marvel. Mayor Edgardo Cordeño confirmed that six of the eighteen hospital confinements since March 26 have been positive for cholera. However, he assured the public...

BACOLOD CITY -- The City Health Office (CHO) declared a cholera outbreak in Barangay Mandalagan here Wednesday, Nov. 23. A sanitary inspector informs the residents of Purok Luhod-Luhod, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, about the chlorination after a dug well in the area tested positive for...