Vaccines: News and Research on Cholera Vaccines

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Flies linked to cholera spread amid oral vaccine trial

The role that flies play in spreading cholera—a bacterial disease that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration—has been underestimated in Africa, which carries the largest burden of the disease.

WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost

The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday called for increased production of cholera vaccines, highlighting what he called a "critical shortage" around the globe.