GSK’s Rotarix contains pig virus

This is so alarming. Claire had it twice. Gawd! Is this really for real?

FDA Says Stop Using GSK's Rotavirus Vaccine

Officials from the Food and Drug Administration are advising doctors to stop vaccinating with Rotarix, one of two vaccines available to protect kids against the diarrhea-causing rotavirus, HealthDay reports. Researchers found that Rotarix, which is made by GlaxoSmithKline, contained pig virus. But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said that the virus is probably harmless and that the vaccine appears to be safe, according to HealthDay. The recommendation will stand until the agency discovers how porcine circovirus 1 (PCV1) got into the vaccine, which came on the market in 2008, and assesses its effects.

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