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'A Hideous Milestone In The 21st Century': Cholera Cases In Yemen Pass 1 Million

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the terrible landmark Thursday, roughly eight months after the outbreak first took hold in the war-ravaged country.
A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the port city of Hodeidah on Tuesday. Ravaged by cholera, famine and war, the country has been declared the world's worst humanitarian crisis — and there is little indication the dire situation there is improving.

It has been roughly eight months since cholera first took hold in war-torn Yemen. In that brief span, the waterborne disease has exacted a staggering toll on the country's population — and that toll only continues to rise by the day.

The number of suspected cases of cholera has crossed

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