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FDA approves first cholera prevention vaccine
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Vaxchora, a single-dose oral vaccine for the prevention of cholera in adults aged 18 to 64 years, the vaccine maker PaxVax announced Monday. Vaxchora is the only cholera prevention vaccine approved by the FDA.CDC: Despite extra month of flu, this season still mild compared to past three
ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday noted that the 2015-2016 influenza season was lower in terms of influenza activity and peaked later as compared to the three previous seasons in the June 10 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Activity remained low from October 2015 until late December 2015 and peaked in mid-March 2016. According to the report, only two other seasons have peaked in March in the past 18 influenza seasons - 2011–12 and 2005–06.