As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. ... blood type O, chronic medical conditions, ...

Type O Blood: People with type O blood are twice as likely to develop cholera compared to those with other blood types, though the exact reasons for this are not fully understood.

This stockpile distributed ventilators and personal protective equipment at the peak of COVID-19, and stores two types of monkeypox vaccine. The only cholera vaccine approved by the FDA, Vaxchora ...

More people died of cholera last year globally than in the previous five years combined, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director-general, said.

Cholera bacteria use hair-like appendages called pili to attach to surfaces. In this image, the pili are labeled with a fluorescent green dye. (Image credit: Fitnat Yildiz and Kyle Floyd) ...

The WHO has prequalified two types of oral cholera vaccines for commercial use globally. (This means it has assessed and assured their quality, safety and efficacy.) ...

Cholera cases in Africa had actually been on a downward slide and hit a low in 2020, he said. But then came an uptick in West Africa in 2021, followed by the current outbreak in the southern part ...