Haiti cholera toll at 800, worry for US -CDC expert

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The death toll in  Haiti’s cholera epidemic climbed today, reaching 800,  according to a U.S. medical expert who expressed concern about  risk of transmission to the United States and other countries.

Fatalities from the diarrheal disease have risen steadily  since the start of the outbreak more than three weeks ago in  the poor Caribbean nation,