CDC Report Says Accidental Injection Of Oral Rotavirus Vaccine More Frequent In GSK Than Merck Products
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a recent report about mistakes in administrating oral rotavirus vaccine in the U.S. Injecting oral rotavirus vaccine renders it ineffective. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - February 13, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Rotavirus Vaccine Administration Errors — United States, 2006–2013
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 31, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CDC Finds Eye Splashes, Misdelivery of Rotavirus VaccineCDC Finds Eye Splashes, Misdelivery of Rotavirus Vaccine
CDC researchers have reported several cases of misdelivered oral, live rotavirus vaccine by injection and eye splashes during administration, recommend prevention with proper education and training. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines)
Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines - January 31, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Newer Rotavirus Vaccines Linked to Small but Definite Increase in Intussusception Risk (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Two studies find small but significantly increased risks for intussusception in U.S. infants receiving current rotavirus vaccines. Editorialists in the New England Journal of Medicine emphasize that the benefits trump the risks — … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 15, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccines Carry Low Risk for IntussusceptionRotavirus Vaccines Carry Low Risk for Intussusception
Data from 2 US surveillance studies suggest that the risks for intestinal obstruction from currently available rotavirus vaccines are far outweighed by the benefits. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - January 14, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Small Risk Seen with Rotavirus Vax (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The risk of intussusception after rotavirus vaccination was slightly higher in post-licensure studies done in infants and children than previous reports have shown, which could influence calculations of risk versus reward for the vaccine, researchers suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 14, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Rotavirus Vaccines Seem Safer, Studies Find
BOSTON (AP) — Newer vaccines against rotavirus, a severe diarrheal disease in children, slightly raise the risk of a rare bowel problem that doomed an earlier vaccine, new studies show. But researchers say the modern vaccines are much safer and well worth this very small risk.
Rotavirus kills more than 400,000 young children a year, mostly in poor countries. In the United States, good medical care usually keeps it from being fatal, but it used to cause as many as 1 in 10 hospitalizations of young kids.
The first rotavirus vaccine came out in 1998 but was withdrawn a year later after it was linked to intussusception, ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kckatzman Tags: Health Local News CBS Boston New England Journal Of Medicine Rotavirus WBZ Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccination may also protect children against seizures
(Infectious Diseases Society of America) A new study suggests an additional -- and somewhat surprising -- potential benefit of vaccinating children against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhea and vomiting. Besides protecting kids from intestinal illness caused by rotavirus, immunization may also reduce the risk of related seizures, according to findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 21, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Updated Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children Released
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announce the release of the updated Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children. The guidelines were simultaneously published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (PIDJ).
Selected key updates to the guidelines include the following:
Greater emphasis on the impor...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - November 6, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Expert Q&A: Childhood Vaccine Safety
WebMD Health News
By Kathleen Doheny
Reviewed by Jennifer Shu, MD
For parents, childhood vaccines are a source of reassurance — protecting your child against disease naturally helps you sleep better at night — but also anxiety about side effects and reactions.
With misinformation about vaccines and health problems, it can be difficult for a parent to sort it all out.
For help, WebMD turned to the CDC’s Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, director of its immunization safety office.
Are there dangerous side effects or reactions to childhood vaccines?
Fortunately, dangerous side effects or reactions to vaccines are fe...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception: The Latest DataRotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception: The Latest Data
Do these new findings change recommendations for rotavirus vaccination of US infants? CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Gambia: CRR TAC Members Sensitised On Rotavirus Vaccine
[Daily Observer]The Health Communication and Education Unit in collaboration with the Expanded Programme on Immunization and the Central River Region (CRR) Regional Health Directorate under the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare recently sensitised the CRR Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members on the facts about Rotavirus Vaccine. In his opening remarks on behalf of the CRR governor, the deputy governor, Alhaji Malang Saibo Camara, highlighted the importance of health to national development, adding that the vacci (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tots' Rotavirus Vaccine Protects Others, Too (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The introduction of a vaccine against rotavirus for young children in 2006 also lowered the risk of hospitalizations for the illness in older children and adults, a retrospective study found. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Stomach Bug Vaccine for Infants Protects Entire Community: CDC
Lower hospitalization rates for rotavirus infection seen in all age groups, researchers report (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rotavirus rates fell in adults, too, after vaccine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fewer older children and adults were hospitalized for severe diarrhea once the U.S. started vaccinating babies against rotavirus in 2006, according to a new study. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
