Here are the last four paragraphs from an article in today's Washington Post
Health section on a new rotavirus vaccine...

Kathy
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Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
Great Mills, MD
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-05/18/050l-051899-idx.html

New Vaccine Takes Aim at Rotavirus
Shots for Infants May Cut Risk of Illness That Accounts for 500,000 Doctor
Visits Each Year
By Sally Squires
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 18, 1999; Page Z09


The vaccine costs about $39 a dose, but it was recently added to the federal
list of vaccines available at no cost through public health clinics.

To expand the protection against rotavirus, some pediatricians favor a
two-pronged approach: They advise mothers to breast-feed and to have their
youngsters vaccinated at the appropriate age.

"Mothers who breast-feed their infants pass on protection against rotavirus
through their milk," Pickering said.

"The vaccine starts at 2 months of age, but there is not a lot of immunity
until you've given two doses at about 4 months. If an infant can be
breast-fed during this time, you protect them while allowing time for the
rotavirus vaccine to kick in."

© Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company

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