World Immunization Week 2014 begins Thursday
The World Immunization Week campaign kicks off next Thursday, April 24 and continues through April 30 with the World Health Organization noting this year’s theme is “Are you up-to-date?”. Image/WHO According More...
Rotavirus cluster confirmed in Hong Kong hospital
A spokesman for the Siu Lam Hospital in Hong Kong said they have confirmed a rotavirus cluster on a female ward, according to a press release today. Three patients (aged 37 to 58) in a female ward for the severely More...
England to offer rotavirus vaccine, one of several vaccination programs beginning in 2013
On Monday, Public Health England (PHE) announced that nearly 700,000 children annually will now be offered vaccination against the most common cause of gastroenteritis in young children, rotavirus. RotavirusImage/CDC/Bryon More...
Norovirus tops rotavirus as leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in American children
The “stomach flu”, norovirus was responsible for nearly 1 million pediatric medical care visits for 2009 and 2010 in the United States, making it the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in US More...
