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Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Haiti

ST. MARC, Haiti - A cholera epidemic spread in central Haiti on Friday as aid groups rushed doctors and supplies to fight the country's worst health crisis since January's earthquake. Nearly 200 deaths had been confirmed and more than 2,000 people were ill.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO