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Nov 19, 2012
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Cholera Returns to Cuba, Again

By Katharina Schwan
Despite the government’s reassurance that the Cuban cholera epidemic was contained in August, new cases of the infectious disease arose over the weekend.  Over 200 prisoners were evacuated from...
cholera, Cuba, Boniato, Holguin
Aug 31, 2012
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Cholera in Cuba Contained

By Steven Purcell
Cuba’s first cholera outbreak in over a century has ended. Cuban government declared Tuesday that the outbreak had been contained, with no new cases reported in 10 days leading up to the...
cholera, Cuba, Manzanillo
Jul 10, 2012
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Cuba Reports Cholera Outbreak, First in Over a Century

By Jane Huston
Cholera has reportedly struck Cuba for the first time in 130 years, causing three deaths and at least 85 illnesses. The outbreak is centered in Manzanillo, a town of about 130,000 people located...
Cuba, cholera, Manzanillo