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Article: ROTAVIRUS VACCINE PULLED OFF MARKET FOR BOWEL OBSTRUCTION RISK IN BABIES
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- October 16, 1999
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just a year after the government approved it,
the world's only vaccine against the leading cause of childhood
diarrhea was pulled off the market Friday because of fears it may
increase infants' risk of a dangerous bowel obstruction.
The government advised doctors in July to temporarily stop
vaccinating babies against rotavirus after counting 20 infants who
developed bowel obstruction shortly after swallowing the vaccine.
An estimated 1 million U.S. infants had been vaccinated.
Dr. Robert Prentice of the Cheyenne Children's Clinic said the
vaccine had been given to a few children, but they haven't
experienced any problems.
"We have not used it in large quantities in ...