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The first rotavirus vaccine came out in 1998 but was withdrawn a year later after it was linked to intussusception, ...
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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...
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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)
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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
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
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Childhood Immunization, Rotavirus Infections (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
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
Engineered rice protects against rotavirus infection
(Journal of Clinical Investigation) 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: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 8, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
