Conditions ripe for disease in Myanmar delta
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone_disease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080526/capt.3872678ac51b414d87f9e7b03085048d.myanmar_cyclone_xkc101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=fG09J_5fzKv0f0dsuPVbBg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Homeless Burmese eat candy from a overseas donator at a monastery serving as a temporary shelter for cyclone victims on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 26, 2008. In a release seen Monday, the International Red Cross said at least 1.5 million people, many of them hungry and ailing, remained homeless in the rain-swept Irrawaddy delta. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Myint Hlaing's family bathes and draws cooking water from an irrigation ditch fouled by human waste and a rotting cow carcass. His 10-year-old daughter suffers from diarrhea, despite drinking bottled water donated by aid groups.</p><br clear="all"/>

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