In 1832, a massive outbreak of cholera hit the United Kingdom, having spread from Russia and across Europe, according to the Sheffield City Council. Called ”King Cholera,” the disease would go ...

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, all but destroyed by weeks of shelling and now under Russian control, is at risk of a major cholera outbreak, the UK defence ministry says. Much of the city's ...

It was during the second cholera pandemic that it reached the United States. It was brought here after being found in Russia, then Eastern Europe, where it traveled via shipping routes.

The fact that contaminated water and poor sanitation could help spread diseases like cholera was not understood in the 19th century. Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the ...