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Game-changing vaccine from India gets added to global rotavirus vaccine options

ROTASIIL® is the first thermostable rotavirus vaccine to be approved by the World Health Organization.

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Why we can't stop talking about diarrhea

It isn’t fair that children be saved just to lose out on a happy, healthy life.

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Diarrhea Myths, Debunked

Beyond the silly and the squeamish, there’s a more important story to tell.

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“Is advocacy for diarrhea vaccines my job as a scientist?”

Well, whose job is it if it isn’t yours?

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A key to ETEC infection may be in your blood

If you have blood type A, you may be more at risk of diarrhea from enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). This finding was just published in a human challenge model study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation—and it has potentially widespread implicati...

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May 04, 2018

Thanks for taking the plunge!

Our event partner, NJI Media, filled the technicolor toilet-shaped void in our hearts that we didn’t know we had. Silliness and substance: these are our twin priorities at DefeatDD. Breaking the poo taboo requires some creative resourcefulness...

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Apr 12, 2018

Throwing it back: Before we had rotavirus vaccines

Ruth Bishop changed the game when she discovered rotavirus in 1973.

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All Available Tools: Integrating Vaccines into Zambia’s Cholera Response

These crowds are a testament to the Government of Zambia's commitment to social mobilization to raise awareness about the country's oral cholera vaccine campaign. Photo credit: CIDRZ.