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

Concerns around botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, are rising after canned tuna sold at popular grocery stores was recalled. But what is the illness and how does it develop?

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 ...

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 ...

"Rivers is particularly prone to outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera during the dry seasons." The Rivers State Government has announced the death of nine people following a suspected ...

The government says a fresh cholera outbreak has spread to eight districts, infecting nearly 300 people. Burst pipes left in disrepair for months and spewing human waste into the streets are ...