In March, the FDA advised against the use of GSK’s Rotarix vaccine against the rotavirus — a gastrointestinal virus that kills over half a million children under five worldwide each year — after ...
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - Pieces of DNA from a pig virus were found in Merck & Co Inc's vaccine against a diarrhea-causing infection, but U.S. health officials said on Thursday there was no ...
The development of a safe, effective rotavirus vaccine was a major milestone in reducing hospitalizations and deaths from the virus in children around the globe, but the rollout of the first rotavirus ...
April 30, 2009 — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued updated guidelines for the use of rotavirus vaccine. The new policy statement, which is published in the May issue of Pediatrics, ...
A few weeks ago I wrote a column saying that all but one of the expected germs of the season had arrived in our area. Now, this last player - rotavirus - is here and may be quite severe. Just as ...
As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation's most ...