Rita Colwell has been studying cholera for half a century . Her team discovered an innovative way to control the disease in Bangladesh . The study was published today by Nature, and it shows that people who are infected with cholera can be treated effectively without any drugs or other medical intervention. Cholera , a deadly diarrheal disease , has been rare in the United States since the early 1900s , but in the developing world , where access to clean drinking water is more difficult , it is still a serious problem . Clean water availability is not `` one-size-fits-all ''
Rita Colwell has been studying cholera for half a century . Her team discovered an innovative way to control the disease in Bangladesh . The study was published today by Nature, and it shows that people who are infected with cholera can be treated effectively without any drugs or other medical intervention. Clean water availability is not `` one-size-fits-all ''