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Ireland: Rotavirus cases drop 72 percent since introduction of vaccine

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 At the Health Services Executive (HSE) National Immunisation Conference last week, Surveillance Scientist from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Sarah Jackson explained...

South Sudan rolls out Rotavirus sentinel surveillance sites

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The South Sudanese Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have started setting up sentinel surveillance sites to determine the extent of Rotavirus infections among children in the capital...

Rotavirus in Malawi: Vaccine cuts infant diarrhea deaths by a third

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A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by scientists at the University...

Rotavirus vaccine rolled out in Routine Immunization Schedule in Uganda

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The Government of Uganda has rolled out Rotavirus vaccine into the Routine Immunization Schedule to protect children under five years of age from diarrhea. This is the 11th vaccine that is provided free...

South Korea: Citrobacter freundii linked to deaths of infants at Seoul hospital

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A Seoul, S. Korea hospital is investigating the deaths of four infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to the Korean Centers for Disease Control (KCDC). In mid-December, antibiotic...

New infectious diarrhea guidelines released by IDSA

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New culture-independent tests are much more sensitive than traditional diagnostic methods in detecting the cause of infectious diarrhea, a significant problem that leads to nearly 500,000 hospitalizations...

Rotavirus spike reported in New South Wales and Queensland children

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Authorities in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD) are reporting a spike in the number of rotavirus cases being reported in children under five years old. The number of people suffering from the...

India: Rotavirus vaccine reduced severe rotavirus diarrhea by 40 percent in Phase 3 study

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Results from a Phase 3 efficacy study in India of the Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.’s rotavirus vaccine BRV-PV (known as ROTASIIL®) were published in the journal Vaccine. The study showed...

NSW health officials report hundreds of gastroenteritis cases in past week

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NSW Health is renewing calls to people suffering from gastroenteritis to stay home and follow medical advice after a spate of outbreaks in aged care facilities and childcare centres. There were 39 outbreaks...

Vaccines will prevent 20 million deaths in poor countries since 2001: UNC study

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Vaccination efforts made in the world’s poorest countries since 2001 will have prevented 20 million deaths and saved $350 billion in health-care costs by 2020, according to a new study from the University...