Two days after earthquake in Japan, thousands remain without power, water; 28 dead

Death toll in Japan quake rises to 28The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan earlier this week has risen to 30. The 7.1-magnitude quake caused widespread destruction, triggering an explosion at a shopping mall, toppling a factory chimney and flattening homes in the city of Yatsushiro,

While cholera has nearly disappeared from wealthy countries, it remains one of the world's deadliest waterborne diseases.

Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they get out