Friday, June 15, 2007

Merck rotavirus vaccine label to cite disease data

(Reuters) - Kawasaki disease is a serious but uncommon illness in children that causes high fever and blood-vessel inflammation. The FDA said about 4,000 U.S. children, about 80 percent under age five, develop it each year. The cause is unknown.




Rotavirus infection can cause severe infant diarrhea that requires hospitalization. The virus is a major killer of children in developing countries, but deaths in the United States are rare.


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