A nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed 25 people who ate tainted cantaloupe was probably caused by unsanitary conditions in the packing shed of the Colorado farm where the melons were grown

Researchers have revealed how a common hospital pathogen turns into a deadly superbug, killing more and more patients worldwide. A mutation in the Clostridium difficile causes potentially dangerous diarrhoea among indoor patients undergoing antibiotic therapy, according to Dena Lyras and Glen Carter from the Monash University School of Biomedical Sciences, who led the study.

KOCHI: One of the major reasons for the contamination of potable drinking water is the presence of E-Coli, a bacterium found in human and animal waste.

Pakistan is unlikely to meet MDGs regarding sanitation facilities as about 50 percent people here would be deprived of access to adequate sanitation facilities and safe drinking water by the year 2

Professionals and activists at a global conference on sanitation and hygiene on Wednesday stressed the need for coordinated efforts from the government and non-government organizations to remove in

A cholera epidemic sweeping through west and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region's history, has infected more than 85,000 people, killing at least 2,466 so far this year, United N

A six-day global conference on sanitation and hygiene which began here on Monday called for all out efforts to ensure that everyone across the world has access to toilets and safe water to prevent

Inadequate sanitation causes a loss of $ 4.22 billion (Tk 30,000 crore) in Bangladesh every year. The amount is equivalent to 6.3 percent of the country's GDP in 2007, reveals a new report.

Listeriosis cases linked to cantaloupes grown at a farm in Colorado represent the deadliest food-borne outbreak in a decade, and health officials are bracing for additional illnesses.