The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of an imminent risk of cholera in southern Somalia, where tens of thousands of people were affected by a previous outbreak which killed over 1,000 just a few months ago.

Seven new cases have been confirmed so far in the capital, Mogadishu, as well as Berdale and Burhakaba

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center say that the function of the frequently discarded appendix is to produce and protects good germs for your gut. This theory is explained in an online edition of the Journal of Theoretical Biology. According to the study, there are massive amounts of bacteria in the human digestive system. Most of it is good and helps digest food. But sometimes this bacteria dies off or is purged from the intestines.

When the diseases such as cholera or dysentery cause bacterial purging, the bacteria in the appendix are safely harbored. According to the researchers, the appendix's job is to "reboot" the digestive system when that happens

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned people not to travel or trade in certain cholera-infected areas in Iraq.

More than 3,000 cases of cholera have now been confirmed and 14 people have died from the disease

The death toll from a cholera outbreak hits twelve in Iraq with the death of a 40-year-old woman in the southern Baghdad outskirts, Health Officials said Thursday.

Majda Ameen died on Monday in a hospital, where she was admitted seven days before her death. Her son was diagnosed with cholera as well, the ministry said

New cases of cholera in the cities of Baghdad, Basra and for the first time in the northern district of Tikrit, Mosul and Dahuk confirmed that an outbreak of the disease is spreading in Iraq, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

WHO said there is 2,116 confirmed cases of cholera in Iraq already from 11 deaths from the disease occurred