There are two vaccines approved by the FDA -- RotaTeq and Rotarix -- that protect against rotavirus, the most common cause of ...

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 ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed another unorthodox view on vaccines, declaring that single antigen ...

Press Release - The Federal Republic of Somalia has introduced vaccines against pneumococcal infections and rotavirus diarrhoea into its national immunization programme. Pneumonia and ...

Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome -- not just its two surface proteins -- affect how well vaccines work, helping to explain why some strains are more likely to ...

The country's free immunization program currently includes 14 vaccines that protect against 15 diseases. National coverage ...

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 ...

In recognition of World Immunisation Week (April 24–30), we explore how vaccines have transformed healthcare – and consider ...

Childhood vaccinations have not recovered from the slump that happened after the pandemic, according to new research.

Two main vaccines, Rotarix (RV1) and RotaTeq (RV5), have significantly reduced cases of severe illness from rotavirus in the US, but they do not provide perfect protection.