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

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 ...

Answers to a range of questions about the disease, which can cause severe symptoms in babies and young children.

It’s a bad year for rotavirus, according to the CDC. What’s extra concerning is how rotavirus cases started rising earlier than usual this year, which means more children are getting sick over a ...

Doctors in Pennsylvania are observing a rise in cases of rotavirus, a highly contagious virus that causes vomiting and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An oral vaccine for diarrhea reduced hospitalizations of children with rotavirus by more than 70 percent in some parts of the United States, saved money and protected ...

Rotavirus is a contagious virus that can cause gastroenteritis, meaning inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Its symptoms are similar to the stomach flu, although it’s not related to the flu, ...

And now you see the next few days of your life will be dominated by barf, saltine crackers, and the worry that everyone in the house will also fall victim to the dreaded stomach bug. It's commonly ...

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 ...

A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhea deaths by 34 percent in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study provides the first ...

Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.

Using MarketScan databases, we assessed RV5 coverage and diarrhea-associated health care use from July 2007 through June 2009 versus July 2001 through June 2006 in children under 5 years of age. We ...