As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

A cholera infection doesn't have to be deadly, but it can be, especially in conflict zones such as in Sudan. A year into an ongoing outbreak, Sudan has so far recorded more than 65,000 cholera cases — ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...

Crofelemer previously granted orphan-drug designation by the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for both short bowel syndrome and microvillus inclusion disease SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE ...

From Haiti to Syria to Pakistan, UNICEF is rushing supplies for cholera treatment and prevention, focusing on the most vulnerable. Dr. Fatima Adeli and her UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition ...

Although oral cholera vaccines exist, the recent spike in cases and limited production capacity have outpaced the global vaccine supply, prompting researchers to explore alternative protection ...