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Vaccine offers travelers protection amid international Cholera outbreaks

Vaccine offers travelers protection amid international Cholera outbreaks

The Galveston County Daily News April 17, 2024

There are an estimated one to four million cases of cholera worldwide annually and as many as 143,000 people die of the disease each year, write Drs. Richard Rupp and Megan Berman in this week’s Vaccine Smarts column. There is a vaccine approved in the U.S., Vaxchora, but it can be hard to find.