Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak
Rotavirus outbreaks can affect almost anyone--healthy and unhealthy, young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated.CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Rotavirus outsources cellular protein CK1 & #945; to assemble virus factories
(Baylor College of Medicine) Rotavirus outsources cellular protein CK1α to assemble virus factories. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 3, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rotarix preferred for rotavirus vax in Bangladesh, Ghana, Malawi
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - December 1, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Sugars and microbiome in mother's milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection
(Baylor College of Medicine) An international team of researchers reveals that complex interactions between sugars and the microbiome in human milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection and identifies maternal components that could improve the performance of live, attenuated rotavirus vaccines. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 27, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Meningitis progress lags substantially behind that of other preventable diseases
(Meningitis Research Foundation) The global disease burden of meningitis remains unacceptably high, and progress lags substantially behind that of other vaccine-preventable diseases. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Global Burden of Disease study showed that meningitis deaths reduced by just 21 percent globally between 1990-2016, whereas other preventable diseases such as measles, tetanus, and diarrhea due to rotavirus saw declines of 93 percent, 90.7 percent, and 57.9 percent, respectively, suggesting that progress in meningitis could have been substantially faster. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious ...
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 13, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nine ways research could save the NHS money
This highlight provides nine treatments and initiatives that are cost effective for the NHS including weight loss surgery, misaligned shoulder fractures, rotavirus vaccine, public health interventions, oxygen levels for acute bronchiolitis in children, routine replacement of intravenous cannulae, behavioural activation, oral surgery in primary care, and uterine polyps. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Number of Children Without Vaccinations Has Skyrocketed Since 2001, New Reports Find
The number of children who have not received vaccines for preventable diseases has quadrupled since 2001, to an estimated 100,000 individuals, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Using data from the National Immunization Survey-Child, the CDC report published Thursday found that in 2017, “the percentage of children with no vaccinations by age 2 years increased from 0.9% for children born in 2011 to 1.3% for those born in 2015.” In 2001, that figure was only 0.3%. The survey found that children were least likely to have received vaccinations for hepatitis A and...
Source: TIME: Health - October 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Wilder Davies Tags: Uncategorized onetime public health Source Type: news
New insight on rotavirus mechanics could lead to improved treatments
(eLife) Researchers have provided new insight on the mechanics of a virus that causes severe diarrhea and sickness in young children, according to a report published in eLife. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Malawi:Rotavirus Vaccine Cuts Infant Diarrhoea Deaths by a Third in Malawi
[RotaCouncil] A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A Vaccine Success Story, for Some A Vaccine Success Story, for Some
The rotavirus vaccine has saved the lives of many children but has the potential to save many more.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today Commentary Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccine cuts infant diarrhoea deaths by a third in Malawi
(University of Liverpool) A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34 percent in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by scientists at the University of Liverpool, UCL, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and partners in Malawi provides the first population-level evidence from a low-income country that rotavirus vaccination saves lives. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 11, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccine cuts infant diarrhea deaths by a third in Malawi
(University of Liverpool) A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhea deaths by 34 percent in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by scientists at the University of Liverpool, UCL, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and partners in Malawi provides the first population-level evidence from a low-income country that rotavirus vaccination saves lives. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Antibiotic Modulation of Microbiome Boosts Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity Antibiotic Modulation of Microbiome Boosts Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity
Microbiome modulation using narrow-spectrum antibiotics can improve rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity, according to a proof-of-concept trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Scientists Discover The Secret Weapon Of Stomach Viruses
New research finds that stomach infections, like norovirus and rotavirus, have a special way to get to us hard — and fast. That knowledge could lead to new, more effective treatments.(Image credit: Dr. Gopal Murti/Science Source) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - August 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Melody Schreiber Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccine's Success Influenced By Gut Microbes
Antibiotics boost men's responses to the oral rotavirus vaccine. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - August 8, 2018 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
