>> South Australian authorities have found a cane toad in the capital city, Adelaide. They say the toad is a stray case and not an indication that cane toads have migrated to the state. They are

new ways are being devised to tame the cholera bug. Of late, the bug has been getting increasingly resistant to antibiotics. A team from Kolkata has found that the digestive juice bile helped reduce

A cholera outbreak has ravaged Orissa's tribal-dominated Kalahandi, Koraput and Rayagada districts since early August. The state government says the region has reported 119 deaths so far. About

Bhagirathi Behera of Tikiri village offers voluntary service at the primary health centre where a number of cholera patients come for treatment.

india may soon come out with a vaccine against cholera. The first and second phase of clinical trials for a recombinant oral vaccine, completed recently, have shown a good immunological response, according to a release by the department of biotechnology.

Preparations are now being made for phase- iii clinical trials in Kolkata. Simultaneously, negotiations with industry are also being held to fine-tune, upscale and commercially produce the vaccine if it is found successful in the final trials.

Through a group of viruses

despite its genome sequenced three years ago, the cholera bacterium continues to dodge all efforts aimed at combating its menace. Now, scientists from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh icddr,b , have found out how Vibr