Rotavirus Vaccine Benefits Extend Beyond Immediate TargetsRotavirus Vaccine Benefits Extend Beyond Immediate Targets
Fewer gastroenteritis hospitalizations among older children and adults suggest indirect effects of immunization, authors say. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Rotavirus Rates Fell in Adults, Too, After Vaccine
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
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccinating Babies for Rotovirus Protects the Whole Family
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that vaccinating infants against rotavirus has also caused a striking decline in serious infections among older children and adults who didn't get vaccinated. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - August 27, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
VLBW Infants Miss Rotavirus Vaccine Upon NICU DischargeVLBW Infants Miss Rotavirus Vaccine Upon NICU Discharge
Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants often do not receive the rotavirus vaccination when they leave the NICU, according to a new study. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Protection against rotavirus infection offered by engineered rice
For children and immune compromised adults in developing countries, diarrheal disease induced by rotavirus can be life threatening. Current rotaviral vaccines are highly effective in the Western world, but are not as effective in developing countries. Additionally, these vaccines are not appropriate for use outside of a very narrow age window or in immune compromised individuals. In the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Yoshikazu Yuki and colleagues at the University of Tokyo report the development of a strain of rice that produces a rotavirus-specific antibody... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
The Impact of Rotavirus Mass VaccinationThe Impact of Rotavirus Mass Vaccination
Rotavirus infections are one of the most frequent causes of gastroenteritis in children worldwide. Has mass vaccination helped? BMC Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Can India Achieve cGMP For Vaccines? Does It Matter?
Bharat Biotech pledged to sell Rotovac for the rotavirus for $1 a dose to compete with GSK and Merck, if they make it cheaper can they make it safer? (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - July 31, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A guide to immunisations for babies up to 13 months of age
This latest edition of the guide to babies’ immunisations up to 13 months of age includes information on the rotavirus vaccination and the change to the scheduling of the menC vaccinations. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 30, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Africa: Rotavirus Vaccine Proves Itself 'On the Ground'
[SciDev.Net]La Paz -A WHO-recommended vaccine for rotavirus infection has proved effective in Bolivia, the first low-income country to introduce it, researchers have reported. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccination: Short vs Long-term Herd ProtectionRotavirus Vaccination: Short vs Long-term Herd Protection
Rotavirus vaccination has dramatically improved the health of children in the USA; but long-term, indirect protection may be limited. Expert Review of Vaccines (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
New rotavirus vaccine offered to babies
A vaccination to protect babies against rotavirus will now be offered in GP practices.
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Source: Management in Practice - July 2, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Patients Featured Articles Latest News Source Type: news
UK Chooses New Rotavirus Vaccine
England has decided on the vaccine Rotarix for the immunization of all babies aged two months in an effort to more than halve its annual cases of the vomitting and diarrhea bug rotavirus. The shot - already recommended for use in the US along with rival vaccine RotaTeq - has been made available in England from July 1st. This is part of a series of changes to the national immunization program through 2013 and 2014, as decided by Public Health England (PHE), the Department of Health, and National Health Service England... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
GPs launch rotavirus vaccination for babies
GPs across the UK will offer rotavirus vaccination to over half a million babies a year from Monday, in a bid to reduce the spread of gastroenteritis. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
As the rotavirus vaccine becomes available, Alice Beer recalls her daughters' ill health
TELEVISION presenter Alice Beer considers herself a very lucky woman. She has a wonderful man, became pregnant for the first time at 37, gave birth to “perfect” twin girls and has a great career. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Newborn Vaccination For Rotavirus In Africa Is Effective
Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration. In developed nations, the condition often results in an emergency room visit or an occasional hospitalization, but is rarely fatal. In developing countries, however, rotavirus-related illness causes approximately 500,000 deaths per year. The findings appear this week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
