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WHO Recommends Worldwide Use Of Rotavirus Vaccine For Children
To reduce an estimated half million deaths and two million hospitalizations from diarrhea caused by rotavirus each year, the WHO on Friday recommended that oral rotavirus vaccines be added to national childhood immunization programs, broadening access to the vaccine in the developing world,

First National Study To Examine Rock Climbing-Related Injuries
In the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has dramatically increased. It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million people in the U.S. each year. A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at the Nationwide Children"s Hospital found that as the popularity of the sport has escalated, so have the number of injuries. Study findings revealed a 63 percent increase in the number of patients that were treated in U.S. emergency departments for rock climbing-related injuries between 1990 and 2007.
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Cell Infected By Virus Viewed For The First Time By MSU Scientists
The June cover of the Journal of Virology features a photograph of the unusual effects on a cell infected by a virus. Montana State University researchers were the first to view the virus, which they collected from a boiling, acidic spring in Yellowstone.
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Study Helps To Determine Malaria Susceptibility In Children

Children who were exposed to Plasmodium falciparum "malaria before birth become tolerant to the malaria parasite, or their soluble products," according to a PLoS Medicine study, which has "unravelled the mystery behind why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anaemia," ANI/Newstrack India reports. This tolerance, which persists after birth and into childhood, erodes the immune system"s ability to attack and destroy parasites and increases the susceptibility of these children to develop a malaria infection and increases their risk for anemia (7/28). For the study, researchers identified children who had been exposed to P. falciparum malaria in utero from a group of 586 Kenyan newborn babies, according to a Case Western Reserve University press release. "The researchers looked for malaria-specific immune responses in T cells in the newborn babies" cord blood by measuring the production of cytokines, molecules that either activate or inhibit the immune system. Finally, they examined the infants biannually for three years to monitor the children"s immune responses, susceptibility to malaria infection and risk for anemia," according to the release (7/27). According to ANI/Newstrack India, lead researcher, Indu Malhotra, said it is the first time a study has shown why some children are more susceptible to malaria and anemia. She added, "This study is timely given President Obama"s Global Health Initiative to assist developing countries to control malaria, one of the "big three" diseases" (7/28). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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