In 2020-2021, a mysterious skin disease affected fishermen in Senegal. High levels of Portimine A toxin, produced by the ...

You have died of dysentery. These are five words familiar to anyone who has attempted to caulk a wagon and ford rivers en route to the Willamette Valley. Oregon Trail not only taught generations of ...

The Lakes State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine deaths from the 223 cases reported following the outbreak of cholera in Yirol East, Yirol West and Awerial counties. The Ministry said 203 ...

To prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in his locality, the Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Rawlings Andaye, has distributed free drugs to all primary healthcare ...

These results were comparable to Botox results in adult rats and showed histological results compatible with intestinal adaptation at the site where the toxin was administered (12). Distention of the ...

CTB is a part of the cholera toxin, a set of proteins produced by ... between finger-like projections called villi in the small intestine. These glands house intestinal stem cells (ISCs) that ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to deploy its response team to Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa-Ibom states, where suspected and confirmed cases of cholera are reported.

Zimbabwe’s ministry of health and child care has announce that the current cholera outbreak in the country has affected the districts of Bikita, Bindura, Chiredzi, Chipinge, Kariba ...

Silent Spring Institute found widespread exposure to unregulated drinking water contaminants in the U.S., with Hispanic and Black communities facing higher risks. The study urges stronger federal ...

Toxins Crossing the Intestinal Barrier & Targeting a Remote Organ or Tissue Bacterial toxins produced in the digestive tract, in addition to their effects on the gastrointestinal mucosa ...

Malawi’s government launched a plan Thursday to stop cholera outbreaks by 2030. Officials say that if the government and international partners can effectively cooperate, they can greatly reduce ...