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Today in History | Oct. 21, 2010: Haiti confirms its first cholera outbreak in more than a century

21 October 2026, 1:40 pm EDT

Editor’s note: This story is part of our “Today in History” series, where The Haitian Times revisits pivotal moments that shaped Haiti and its diaspora. On Oct. 21, 2010, Haiti’s National Public Health Laboratory confirmed cholera in the country, officially identifying an epidemic that would kill thousands and spread across the nation.  The outbreak emerged less than a year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing hundreds of thousands of people a

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