Rotavirus is a virus that can trigger gastrointestinal symptoms, causing stomach discomfort and diarrhea. It can result in diarrhea by disrupting the typical functioning of the intestine. It is a ...

Rotavirus mostly affects children under 5 years of age, and it's a leading cause of death in children worldwide.

Cases of the virus are abnormally high this year, according to health experts, and are especially dangerous for children.

A stomach bug appears to be making its way through the Bay Area. According to epidemiologists, it’s a late-season rotavirus.

About 50,000 children are hospitalized annually.

Objective: To assess the performance of stool culture and a rotavirus diagnostic test in children with acute diarrhea attending an emergency hospital in a developing country. Methods: Stool ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As common infectious diseases go, norovirus is fast and furious. "It usually comes on quickly [and] suddenly with vomiting and ...

Researchers found that transmission of rotavirus vaccine strains in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is rare and without clinical consequences, strongly suggesting that giving the rotavirus ...

Administering the RotaTeq (RV5; Merck) rotavirus vaccine to infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) appears to be safe, with no confirmed evidence of infection transmission to neighboring ...

A potentially fatal virus that causes fever, vomiting and severe watery diarrhea among small children is raging throughout Northern California, recent data shows. “It’s extremely contagious,” Dr.

Rotavirus vaccines do not cause significant outbreaks of the disease in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new national study. The research will be presented at the Pediatric ...