Some evidence has cropped up indicating that GlaxoSmithKline's infant vaccine Rotarix may boost the risk of a rare but potentially fatal bowel problem. It's intussusception--a condition in which the ...

May 17, 2010 — Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline) and RotaTeq (Merck) vaccination may be safe and effective at preventing rotavirus disease in childhood, according to the results of a review reported online ...

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The FDA is recommending that healthcare practitioners temporarily suspend use of GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix vaccine for rotavirus immunization in the U.S. while the agency learns more about components ...

(CNN)-- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with ...

Rotarix on par with Rotateq for rotavirus gastroenteritis The monovalent rotavirus vaccine is more than 90% effective at preventing rotavirus, putting the vaccine's efficacy on par with the ...

May 14, 2010 (UPDATED May 18, 2010) — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is revising its recommendations for rotavirus vaccines. The agency says that based on a careful ...

The rotavirus vaccine is the only live oral vaccine on the CDC's recommended schedule of childhood immunizations. This fact, along with differing dose schedules for the two available vaccines and the ...

FDA Recommends Clinicians Temporarily Suspend Use of Vaccine as Agency Learns More FDA is recommending that healthcare practitioners temporarily suspend use of the Rotarix vaccine for rotavirus ...

Two doses of the monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1, Rotarix, GlaxoSmithKline) is more than 90% effective at preventing severe rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis, putting the vaccine’s efficacy on ...