15th
February
2007
Rotavirus
posted in Vaccines |The rotavirus vaccine (brand name Rota Shield) that was marketed in the 1990’s was pulled due to an increased incidence of intussusception.
http://www.fda.gov/cber/recalls/rota101599.htm
The new vaccine, Rotateq, does not seem to increase a risk for intussusception (despite the fear-mongering headline at Fox News): even though a small number of vaccinated kids have had this happen, so far the number of cases is no higher than the number of naturally-occuring intussusception: