Rotavirus is a nasty bug which targets many thousands of infants and young children with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea every year. Though not usually fatal, the disease causes about a week of misery for the patients and their parents. Many patients must be hospitalized.
Making its debut last fall, a vaccine against rotavirusappears to be working well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate a substantial reduction (78.5%) of confirmed cases of the disease this past year, compared with the average of the last 15 seasons.
Rather than being an injection like many childhood vaccinations, the rotavirus vaccine is administered orally. It's said to be tolerated very well.
To read more, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/health/research/08prev.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
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