New Rotavirus Vaccine Can Cut Diarrhoea Death Rate in Babies

A new rotavirus vaccine developed in Melbourne is protecting newborn babies from a common cause of severe diarrhoea, which kills about five lakh children aged under five around the world each year. Nine out of 10 children showed a strong immune response to the vaccine after receiving a first dose within days of birth and subsequent doses at two and four months. The positive results, from a New Zealand trial in which 95 babies were given the vaccine, were presented ...

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