Rotavirus, which mainly affects infants and young children, causes watery diarrhea and vomiting. You can get infants vaccinated at 2 months old to prevent severe rotavirus infections. Speak with a ...

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

Grab your barf bucket, steel your nerves, and let our guidelines help you get through it. Medically reviewed by Monika Goyal, M.D. The stomach flu is highly contagious, but there are ways you can help ...

High concentrations of a contagious virus have been detected in Stamford wastewater. Data from Stamford University's WastewaterSCAN tracker shows that rotavirus spiked on April 17. A viral activity ...

Rotavirus commonly hits infants and can cause dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea. So, monitoring hydration is important.

The Department of Health and Human Services has removed the rotavirus vaccine, along with five others, from the list of universally recommended childhood immunizations. This makes the U.S. an outlier.

A highly contagious virus that health officials say is more common in infants and young children was recently detected at high concentrations in parts of California. Rotavirus causes diarrhea, ...

A highly contagious virus that infects the intestinal tract has been detected in parts of California. High concentrations of rotavirus have been detected in seven areas, including Santa Cruz, San Jose ...

Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome -- not just its two surface proteins -- affect how well vaccines work, helping to explain why some strains are more likely to ...

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

There you are, minding your own business, when suddenly it happens: Your kid pukes on your shoes (or the couch, their brother, or all over their car seat). And now you see the next few days of your ...