Access to Clean Water—Confronting a Deadly Inequity
Despite the urgent need, funding for programs that help provide safe water and sanitation to at-risk communities is severely short.
Archaeologists find remains of children and babies in "Cholera graveyard"
Archaeologists in Quebec City have so far uncovered a dozen skeletons and expect to find more as street excavations in the area continue.
Russian army hit by cholera outbreak after Kakhovka dam flooding
Several Russian troops have died while entire units have lost their combat capability, a military partisan movement has said.
Sudan militants spark "huge risk" in lab with samples of deadly viruses
Warring forces have occupied Sudan's national laboratory in Khartoum, a situation the local WHO chief described as "extremely dangerous."
This is the Worst Crisis I've Seen in Haiti
Haitians are trapped, unable to work, and going hungry.
Septic waste to seep into coastal homes according to horrifying projection
Homes in North Carolina and other East Coast states could be swamped with sewage, potentially bringing pathogens causing typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
Russia Risking Mariupol Cholera Outbreak With Mass Graves, Water Shortage
One local authority warned that an epidemic of the deadly disease has "more or less begun already" in the besieged city.
Elderly Woman Latest To Die of Mysterious Illness in South Sudan
The unidentified illness mainly affects the elderly and the under-14s and has been found in a region of South Sudan recently hit by extreme flooding.
13 Million May Starve in Yemen if Bombing Continues
The Yemeni Civil War, which began in 2015, has led to what could likely become the worst famine in a century.
Yemen Cholera Outbreak Sees 10,000 Cases Per Week
Over 185,000 suspected cases were reported in September.
Yemen War Bringing 'World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis'
Besides the tens of thousands killed and wounded, another million people are suffering from cholera in what the WHO called the largest epidemic of the disease in modern history.
We Should Stop Funding the Absurdities of the U.N.
The era of America as the U.N.'s sugar daddy is fast coming to an end.
Congress Says U.S. Role in Yemen War Is Unauthorized
At least 10,000 civilians have been killed in the Yemen conflict.
We Spend $9 Bn on Halloween. $1.5 Bn on World Hunger
Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Niger face famine. Syria, Iraq, Haiti, Mali, Ethiopia are suffering severe hunger.
UN Infects Haitians With Cholera, Then Slinks Away
People will continue to fall sick and die until the UN provides a comprehensive remedy for the travesty it caused.
Cholera Kills at Least 13 in Matthew-Ravaged Haiti
Health officials are concerned that the disease is spreading as flood waters mix with sewage.
Hurricane Matthew Has Exacerbated the Debt We Owe Haiti
Many of Haiti's people are without drinking water and the spread of cholera is all but certain.
Haiti's Cholera Victims: Should U.N. Compensate Them?
The U.N. has accepted partial responsibility in Haiti's 2010 cholera crisis.
U.N. Admits 'Involvement' in Bringing Cholera to Haiti
The waterborne disease has killed more than 9,000 people since the earthquake in 2010.
After Quake, Nepal Faces Water and Health Crisis
The country is primed for a cholera outbreak, thanks to damaged water systems and decreasing access to sanitation.
Were Polish "Vampires" Cholera's First Victims?
Evidence of such "deviant burials" have been found throughout Europe.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Served in Haiti Cholera Lawsuit
An outbreak that has killed more than 8,300 people has been traced to U.N. peacekeepers
Injustice in a Time of Cholera
Ban Ki-moon is balking over compensating victims of cholera spread by U.N. troops
Did The U.N. Herald a New Age of Cholera?
A lawsuit demands the organization admit culpability and compensate victims