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• n  the reovirus causing infant enteritis

• In June, the WHO approved the first rotavirus vaccine for global use.
• Two new vaccines have been developed for rotavirus, the main cause of diarrheal disease.
• Evan Simpson, a public-health specialist at the Seattle-based Rotavirus Vaccine Program, says the new vaccines have the potential to reduce deaths from rotavirus-related diarrhea .

News & Articles

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• Rotavirus vaccine given to newborns in africa is effective
  Scientists have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration. In developed nations, the condition often results in an emergency room visit or an occasional hospitalization, but is rarely fatal. In developing countries, however, rotavirus-related ...
  June 18, 2013 - Science Daily
• Mayo Clinic: Rotavirus Vaccine Given to Newborns in Africa is Effective
  Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana.
  June 18, 2013 - Mayo Clinic
• International Medica Foundation’s Vaccine for Newborns Demonstrates Early Protection against Rotavirus
  The International Medica Foundation announced today that for the first time in a large clinical trial of 998 young infants, its rotavirus vaccine was very effective when the first dose was administered to the babies in their first month of life and the second dose before they were two months old.
  June 18, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Christopher Pyne in Sydney Morning Herald
  Rotavirus occurs more frequently in young children, with almost half of all cases occurring in babies under 12 months of age and the majority of cases occurring in children under five years of age,Mr Pyne said.
• Paul Offit in FOXNews
  Virtually all children will experience rotavirus,said Dr. Paul Offit of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and co-creator of the vaccine. "While some children experience mild symptoms of rotavirus, infection can be severe and lead to...
• Barbara Loe Fisher in MarketWatch (press release)
  Rotavirus vaccine is not required for daycare or school entry,said Fisher. "The American Academy of Pediatrics and doctors should be informing parents they have a choice and that one rotavirus vaccine is contaminated with DNA from a lethal...