New Cholera Prevention Tools: Microbes Fighting Microbes

Two promising new ways to prevent cholera are on the horizon. One is an entirely new kind of vaccine. The other is as simple as a cup of yogurt. Both may offer fast, cheap protection from explosive outbreaks of a disease that claims tens of thousands of lives each year. The research has so far only been done in animals. Human studies are yet to come.  Cholera declawed Cholera causes such serious diarrhea that it can kill within hours. Current vaccines take at least 10 days...

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