A PENSIONER died from a cholera-like disease after fears his death could have been the first from the illness in Britain for 125 years The dad-of-two, who was in his 80s, fell ill at home last week ...

A pensioner has died from a cholera-like disease a century after the epidemic was wiped out in the UK. The dad-of-two, who was in his 80s, deteriorated after he fell ill at home with sickness and ...

The NHS notes that while cholera is not present in the UK, it's possible to contract the infection when travelling to areas lacking clean water supplies. Cholera can be contracted by drinking dirty ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...

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