Since the widespread introduction of vaccination programs in 2006, the burden of disease from rotavirus in both the U.S. and abroad has decreased substantially. In fact, vaccination proved so ...

It’s that time of the year. Most likely you or someone you know is sniffling, sneezing or just feeling awful. More is to come ...

Since the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, infant deaths have decreased significantly worldwide, especially in the United States. But the virus is still a leading cause of death from diarrhea ...

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 ...

The rotavirus vaccine does not provide sterilizing immunity or lifetime immunity, unlike the measles vaccine and several other childhood immunizations. However, by preventing primary infections in ...

Rotavirus infections among young children are extremely common, but their long-term complications have been less explored. In a recent study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, ...

An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

The rotavirus vaccine is the only live oral vaccine on the CDC's recommended schedule of childhood immunizations. This fact, along with differing dose schedules for the two available vaccines and the ...

The infants who get the rotavirus vaccine aren’t the only ones who benefit. New research shows that older children and even adults were less likely to be hospitalized with the gastrointestinal virus ...

Infective diarrhoea is common among allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) recipients, frequently caused by viruses and may be difficult to differentiate from acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

The more children who are vaccinated against rotavirus at your pediatrician's office, the less likely it is that your child will be exposed to the gastrointestinal illness, a new study has concluded.