Iraq - The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has withstood the destruction of its villages and deadly gas attacks at the hands of Saddam Hussein. Now, as the semiautonomous Kurdish government ...

The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 3,300 cholera cases in Iraq and at least 14 deaths from the acute and rapid dehydration it causes. The troubles, however, ...

BASRA, Iraq – Two hospitals in have reported 17 confirmed cases of cholera in the Iraqi city of Basra, and the World Health Organization (search) said Wednesday it fears far more have gone ...

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, UNICEF's Iraq ...

Add a cholera outbreak to the long list of Iraq's troubles. But Baghdad residents seem to be keeping the threat in perspective. "Cholera isn't a real problem for us. It's not killing thousands of ...

New Cholera Outbreak Hits Iraq. ... Cholera has broken out in a province south of Baghdad and at least 20 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed there, ...

Health officials in Iraq are working to contain an outbreak of cholera that could threaten millions of Shi’ite pilgrims due to visit holy sites in Iraq early next month.

BAGHDAD – A case of cholera has been confirmed in southern Iraq, a senior health official said today, raising fears the virulent water-borne disease is spreading through the country. The vast ...

BASRA, Iraq — The World Health Organization warned Thursday of a possible cholera epidemic in this southern Iraqi city, where 17 suspected cases have been reported in two hospitals since April ...