Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials
Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say
By Tom Watkins, CNNMarch 22, 2010 4:22 p.m. EDT
About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, the FDA says.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Doctors have been advised to suspend use of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine
Another vaccine, RotaTeq, is still OK to use, officials say
GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Rotarix, says the contamination is not harmful
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(CNN) -- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.
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