"A new, highly effective typhoid vaccine — the only one safe for infants — has been approved for global use by the World Health Organization. The approval was given in December but announced on Wednesday.
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria in sewage and contaminated food, infects up to 20 million people a year and kills up to 160,000 of them, mostly young children. The disease once killed many Americans — Typhoid Mary was a famous carrier — but is now found mostly in Africa and Asia.
The need for an effective, affordable vaccine has risen urgently as urban slums grow, hotter weather spreads the disease to new regions and the bacteria develop resistance to more antibiotics."
Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., reports for the New York Times January 4, 2018.
"W.H.O. Approves a Safe, Inexpensive Typhoid Vaccine"
Source: NY Times, 01/05/2018
