Special Report on Emerging Research in Vaccines

Maintaining polio eradication in India: physicians play key role in countering parental misconceptions: When India was struck from the list of polio-endemic countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2012, the hard-won designation was one of India’s greatest public health accomplishments. Now, the focus has shifted from achieving eradication to maintaining it.
Physical interventions better than sucrose at relieving pain from infant immunizations: Oral sucrose reduces pain from infant immunizations, but the 5 S’s (swaddling, side/stomach position, shushing, swinging, and sucking) is more effective, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics.
Could a rotavirus vaccine based on genotypes prevalent in India be on the horizon?: Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe infant diarrhea, causing an estimated 100,000 deaths each year in India, according to the World Health Organization.

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