The U.S. government has recommended adding GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Rotarix vaccine to the choices for immunizing infants against the deadly intestinal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in children. Rotarix is a liquid and given in a two-dose series to infants from 6 to 24 weeks of age.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has already endorsed Merck and Co Inc's RotaTeq saying both are equally effective. There are many different strains of rotavirus. The vaccine protects against rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by the G1, G3, G4, and G9 strains

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline announced Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vaccine to stop the leading cause of diarrhea in infants. The Rotarix vaccine is primarily used to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants.

The vaccine will offer protection against the most commonly circulating rotavirus types in the U.S. and allow infants to complete the vaccination series by four months of age. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that children complete the rotavirus immunization series by six months of age

A group of vaccine experts with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest using Rotarix, a GlaxoSmithKline PLC vaccine to stop a rotavirus, a common gastrointestinal disease that causes diarrhea in infants.

The U.S. panel voted 11 to 1 that the vaccine is safe for use in infants. The FDA was not obliged to follow the opinion of its panel though it usually does making Rotavirus near to final U.S. approval

Clinics of Columbia Park Medical Group (CPMG) in the cities of Andover, Columbia Heights and Fridley in Anoka County, Minnesota are giving free revaccinations to 4,500 patients who received ineffective vaccines from October 2006 to August 2007.

The CPMG on Tuesday sent letters to the affected patients telling them to get new shots against rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, pneumonia, tetanus, typhoid and rabies at the said clinics on Dec. 15, 20 and 29

Clinics of Columbia Park Medical Group (CPMG) in the cities of Andover, Columbia Heights and Fridley, Minnesota are giving free revaccination to 4,500 patients who received ineffective vaccines from October 2006 to August 2007.

The CPMG on Tuesday sent letters to the affected patients telling them to get new shots against rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, pneumonia, tetanus, typhoid and rabies at the said clinics on Dec. 15, 20 and 29