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Rotavirus News Archive

Surveillance of RotaTeq® vaccine shows "no evidence of increased risk" for intussusception
RotaFlash (10/25/07)

New vaccines to boost child care in developing countries
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (June 2007)

Accelerating the availability of rotavirus vaccine
PATH. Directions in Global Health (May 2007)

CDC releases safety data on rotavirus vaccine; Reported intussusception cases fall within expected range
CDC press release (3/15/07)

The best defense vs. medical nihilism (RVP letter to the editor)

Boston Globe (3/11/07)

Seattle aid group fights illness, Nicaragua style

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (3/7/07)

$200 million aimed at children's diseases
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (11/30/06)

Gates-backed alliance pledges $200M in vaccines for poor
Seattle Times (11/30/06)
These two articles discuss the landmark decision of the GAVI Alliance Board to subsidize the purchase of rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines, based on investment cases presented by RVP and PneumoADIP.

A simple solution

TIME magazine (10/16/06)
This news article provides a comprehensive update on the current use of ORS to treat severe diarrhea, as well as other promising interventions,

including rotavirus vaccines.

Cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines and other interventions for diarrhoeal diseases: Meeting report 2006
WHO Weekly Epidemiologic Record (9/15/06)
This summary outlines discussions and recommendations from a meeting convened by PATH, WHO, and the US CDC to address rotavirus vaccine cost-effectiveness in developing countries.

Vaccines enter battle against an intestinal virus
Vax, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Bulletin (7/06)

With new data in hand for Europe and the U.S., world health leaders in Lisbon anticipate decline in death toll, hospitalizations from rotavirus
Sabin Vaccine Institute (6/12/06)

New hope for defeating rotavirus
Scientific American (4/06)
This informative article by Dr. Roger Glass, a leading expert on rotavirus, outlines the landscape of new vaccines and their potential impact. The article is also available in French (11 MB) and Japanese (14MB).

CDC’s advisory committee recommends new vaccine to prevent rotavirus
CDC press release (2/21/06)

New vaccines prevent deadly rotavirus

United Press International (1/5/06)

New vaccines effective against rotavirus infection
National Public Radio broadcast, "All Things Considered"
(1/4/06)

Rotavirus vaccines pass trials

USA Today (1/4/06)

Filipino health experts alarmed by rotavirus

The Philippine Star (10/15/2005)

Journal of Infectious Diseases special supplement on rotavirus in Asia-summary

(9/05)

Vaccination - An act of love, now and for the future

Also available in Spanish.

Vaccine against deadly rotavirus launched in Mexico

Boston Globe (1/05)

Agreement signed to monitor rotavirus in Honduras

Pan American Health Organization (10/04)

Diarrhoea vaccine 'a step closer'

BBC News (8/04)

Mexican authorities approve new rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix™ to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants

GlaxoSmithKline (7/04)

Sixth International Rotavirus Symposium, Mexico City - July 7-9, 2004: Health officials from 16 countries ask sustainable programs for new, old vaccines

Pan American Health Organization (7/04)

Mexico Health Minister Calls Rotavirus 'Major Public Health Priority'

Pan American Health Organization (7/04)

Immunization can drive economic growth, Harvard expert says

Pan American Health Organization (7/04)

Cases of Rotavirus Higher than Previously Thought

Pan American Health Organization (7/04)

First Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network report published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. (6/04)

Rotavirus vaccines on the horizon for diarrhea victims. (6/04)

Outbreak in the Caribbean. Outbreak in the Caribbean sickens over 400 (3/04)

Guatemala outbreak. 50 children die, over 35,000 diagnosed with rotavirus (2/04)

Rates of rotavirus in Asia much higher than expected. Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network indicates rotavirus hospitalizations higher than expected (2/03)

RVP Press Release Archive

September 22, 2006
Rotavirus vaccine demonstration to help accelerate progress against a leading killer of children

January 4, 2006

PATH responds to rotavirus vaccine studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine

December 7 , 2005

Merck and PATH to collaborate on rotavirus vaccine clinical trials in Asia and Africa

May 25, 2004
Unprecedented Surveillance Planned in Asia for Devastating Diarrheal Disease in Children
Hospitalizations Due to Severe Rotavirus in Asia Is Double Previous Estimates

October 22, 2003
Experts From Across Asia Report Status of World’s Leading Cause of Diarrhea-related Deaths in Children
Country-by-Country Tally Finds Cases of Severe Rotavirus Double Previous Estimates; Study Reinforces Need for a Safe, Effective Vaccine