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Haiti Cholera Likely From UN Troops, Expert Says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Dec. 7) -- A contingent of U.N. peacekeepers is the likely source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed at least 2,000 people, a French scientist said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux concluded that the cholera originated in a tributary of...

Cholera Confirmed in Haiti's Capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 9) -- A cholera epidemic has spread into Haiti's capital, imperiling nearly 3 million people living in Port-au-Prince, nearly half of them in unsanitary tent camps for the homeless from the Jan. 12 earthquake. Health authorities told The Associated Press on Monday that tests confirmed a...

Dominican Republic Seals Border With Haiti

(Oct. 26) -- The Dominican Republic has sealed its border with Haiti following the deaths there of more than 250 people in a sudden, devastating outbreak of cholera . The announcement came Monday as the Dominican government bolstered military patrols along the 130-mile border with Haiti and U.N. troops fired tear gas to...

Cholera: Three Key Steps to Stopping an Outbreak

(Oct. 25) -- Cholera, a virulent illness that comes on quick and can be fatal mere hours after symptoms appear, kills more than 100,000 people a year. The infection is characterized by chronic diarrhea, rapidly leading to life-threatening dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. And because nearly three-quarters of those...

Cholera Outbreak Spreads Toward Haiti's Capital

ST. MARC, Haiti (Oct. 23) -- An outbreak of cholera has spread outside a rural valley in central Haiti, intensifying worries the disease could reach squalid tarp camps that house hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the capital. By Saturday more than 200 were confirmed dead in the poor Caribbean nation's worst...