The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
October 16, 2017

Yemen: Cholera Epidemic Now the Worst Outbreak in History
---------------------------------------------------------

In Yemen, the World Health Organization is warning a cholera epidemic
brought on by the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war and naval blockade has
become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in
modern world history. The WHO says there are expected to be a million
cases of cholera in Yemen by the end of the year, with at least 600,000
children likely to be affected. After headlines, we'll speak with Ro
Khanna, Democratic congressmember from California, who recently
co-authored a New York Times op-ed headlined "Stop the Unconstitutional
War in Yemen."


.