[00:08.59]Great scientists [00:12.25]John snow defeats king cholera [00:19.38]John snow was a well-known doctor in London--- [00:25.42]so famous, indeed, that he attended queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies. [00:33.46]But he became inspire

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1. There are growing fears the cholera outbreak in Haiti could soon spread to heavily populated urban areas. More than 200 people have died. At least five cases are reported in Port-au-Prince. Officials say the patients likely got sick before travell

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama's campaign swing through the West Coast takes him to California, where he is speaking at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer and touting her commitment to helping the middle class. Th

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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Well, you've made it to Thursday. I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News! Your hearing: Listen up, 'cause we're gonna be talking about that in just a bit. We start off today, though, in Pakistan. First Up: Pakista

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 17 February 2006 Martin Mhizha fetches water from an unprotected water source in Epworth, Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe's capital Harare, for the first time in most people's memory p

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is spending this day in Indonesia, where he's looking to shore up relations between the US and the worlds most populous Muslim nation. This trip to Indonesia was long delayed, but as NPRs

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1. A Pakistani-born Virginia man arrested on terrorism charges says he cannot afford an attorney. Farooque Ahmed did not enter a plea and has been ordered held without bond. The FBI says Ahmed cased Washington DC area subway stations in what he thoug

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 26 September 2007 U.N. health officials say there is a strong possibility that a cholera outbreak in Iraq that has already caused at least 11 deaths will spread to new areas of the country. But as VOA's Jim Randle reports from B

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The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has begun disinfecting homes in Zimbabwe's capital in an effort to battle the cholera epidemic. Red Cross officials said the number of cases is soaring and more needs to be done to halt the spread

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People in some parts of Zimbabwe's capital city Harare are being forced to dig holes in the ground for water as the city's water delivery system continues to break down. As a result, doctors warn that recent outbreaks of cholera could worsen as the

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Health Officials Seek Support to Stamp Out Cholera in Haiti There have been half a million cholera cases and 7,000 deaths in Haiti since the outbreak began in October 2010. More than 200 new cases are being reported every day. That's prompting public

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Social Media Tracks Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Public health systems may be losing their monopoly on data about outbreaks of disease. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Childrens Hospital Boston found that news reports and social media can also

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Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin The United States' most prominent public health agency is calling the cholera epidemic in Haiti the worst cholera outbreak in recent history. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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International aid groups are trying to stop the the spread of cholera in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, where many earthquake survivors live in makeshift camps and filthy slums. Cholera strikes so fast it is sometimes called the lightening disease.

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Health providers and aid groups have mobilized to combat outbreaks of cholera in Haiti and Nigeria. Often causing extreme dysentery and dehydration, cholera arises from a strain of bacteria that is easily spread and hard to eradicate from infected zo

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 September 2006 Health officials in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno have confirmed the death of at least 80 people in a cholera outbreak. Nearly 2,000 people have so far being infected. The state government has d

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By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 18 May 2006 A child suffering from cholera receives treatment in a medical center in Boa Vista, May 14, 2006 More than 34,000 people have fallen ill and 1,200 have died from

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The state-owned Herald newspaper says the Zimbabwe government is seeking international assistance and has declared a state of emergency about its cholera outbreak. The United Nations says the outbreak has claimed 565 lives and caused illness in 12,5

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By David McAlary Washington 07 June 2006 Children collect water in Luanda, Angola Researchers in Bangladesh have tested a drug that cures cholera in most patients, showing that it is a useful new weap

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1. Political watchers are predicting major changes on Capitol Hill and in several state capitals as voters cast their ballots in the midterm elections. Republicans are looking to take over control of the House and deeply cut into the Democrat majorit

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