Gastrointestinal Conditions News

During the first 2 years of life, the monovalent rotavirus vaccine was highly effective against severe rotavirus disease in US children, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

During the first 2 years of life, the monovalent rotavirus vaccine was highly effective against severe rotavirus disease in US children, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

To help reduce mortality and morbidity associated with rotavirus, WHO recommends that all countries include the rotavirus vaccine into their national immunization programs.

Diarrhea morbidity in populations of infants aged 6 to 11 months with high prevalence of wasting and stunting can be reduced with short-course prophylactic zinc supplementation for 2 weeks, according to recent study results published in Pediatrics.

As of May 31, a hepatitis A virus outbreak, potentially associated with a frozen food blend containing pomegranate seed mix, has infected 30 people across five states, according to the FDA.

It had been more than a decade with no reported cases of hepatitis E in Somali refugees, but a 2012 outbreak at Dadaab, located in eastern Kenya near the Somalia border, held some important lessons for health care providers there.

Moderate-to-severe diarrhea could be reduced by using interventions targeting five pathogens —rotavirus, Shigella, heatstable toxin Escherichia coli, Cryptosporidium, and typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, according to study results recently published in The Lancet.

Influenza immunization rates in children with inflammatory bowel disease are often low, but immunization did not result in increased adverse events or contacts with the health system, according to findings in a recently published study.

Food processing and preparation errors were to blame in most foodborne outbreaks between 1998 and 2008, according to data published online.

Food processing and preparation errors were to blame in most foodborne outbreaks between 1998 and 2008, according to data published online.