Multiple British nationals fell ill with a drug-resistant strain of cholera after drinking holy water abroad. In Ethiopia, almost half of the country’s population – nearly 60,000,000 – don ...

Multiple British nationals fell ill with a drug-resistant strain of cholera after drinking holy water abroad. In Ethiopia, almost half of the country’s population – nearly 60,000,000 – don ...

A recent cholera outbreak among British nationals is linked to contaminated holy water from Ethiopia's Bermel Giorgis pilgrimage site.

Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ ... "Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'" ...

In all, "The extension of a cholera outbreak in Africa causing a cluster of infections in Europe is unusual," the authors write. They call for travelers to be aware of infectious threats when eating ...

ensure drinking water is bottled or boiled, and refrain from transporting food and/or water across borders,” they wrote. “In the case of holy water, purely external use would reduce ...

The researchers added: “The holy water was heavily contaminated ... Cholera can be contracted by drinking dirty water, eating food such as shellfish that has been in dirty water or handled ...

A 50-year-old man polluted holy water with urine at a York County Catholic Church earlier this month, according to court records. Jesse John Sokoll, 50, of no fixed address, has been charged with ...