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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rotavirus affects infants, toddlers, and children more often and severely than adults. It also causes vomiting and diarrhea. Rotavirus is one of the main causes of gastroenteritis, which people often ...

Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe gastroenteritis and diarrhea globally, and nearly all children have been infected with rotavirus by age 5 years. Until a safe, effective vaccine for rotavirus ...

Rotavirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration. Due to an infant’s small body mass, ...

Of all the diseases that the U.S. government announced today that it will no longer recommend vaccines against, rotavirus is by no means the deadliest. Not all children develop substantial symptoms; ...

Researchers found that transmission of rotavirus vaccine strains in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is rare and without clinical consequences, strongly suggesting that giving the rotavirus ...

Researchers have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick. The study is among the first to show that the rotavirus ...