Rotavirus — a contagious virus that can cause acute gastroenteritis — can land infants and young children in the hospital and even be deadly in some cases. According to a new study, immunization ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has removed the rotavirus vaccine, along with five others, from the list of universally recommended childhood immunizations. This makes the U.S. an outlier.

Background.Rotavirus disease rates dramatically declined among children <5 years of age since the rotavirus vaccine was introduced in 2006; population-level impacts remain to be fully elucidated.

The introduction of the rotavirus vaccine has had a profound impact on global pediatric deaths from acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea, but its footprint has been uneven and challenging to track ...

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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick ...

Last week, the Trump administration announced changes to the recommended childhood vaccination schedule by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, removing overall recommendations for ...

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The PRoRota-project will use probiotics, improved education in hygiene and advanced mathematical models to prevent children ...

The government, through the Ministry of Health, has announced free rotavirus immunization for children at six weeks and a second dose at 10 weeks. All public health facilities will be provided with ...