Researchers in the African country of Niger have introduced a new vaccine that protects against the diarrheal disease called rotavirus. A scientific test has shown that the new vaccine is effective, safe and easy to use. Experts believe it will be more widely used than the two rotavirus vaccines now given to children. The new vaccine is important because rotavirus is a serious illness that can lead to death. Rotavirus causes a severe infection of the gastro-intestinal tract. It kills more than 215,000 children each year -- about 600 a day. Two vaccines against rotavirus are already available. However, they are costly and difficult to use. They must also be kept cold. In many African countries where people suffer from rotavirus, refrigeration and electricity are unreliable. As a result, the existing rotavirus vaccines are not widely used. Researchers have been working on a new vaccine for rotavirus called BRV-PV. They recently tested the vaccine with young children in Niger. Researchers gave 1,780 babies the BRV-PV vaccine. Only 31 cases of rotavirus developed in those babies. In contrast, 87 cases of rotavirus developed among the babies who received a treatment but did not get the real medicine. In other words, those babies were given a placebo. The researchers say the clinical trial shows that BRV-PV was nearly 67 percent effective. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Title: New Rotavirus Vaccine Could Save Thousands of Children
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1770/rota_vac.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New Rotavirus Vaccine Could Save Thousands of Children' data-article-id='2288'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14000'>Researchers in the African country of Niger have introduced a new vaccine that protects against the diarrheal disease called rotavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='14000' data-end-time='24000'>A scientific test has shown that the new vaccine is effective, safe and easy to use.</span> <span data-start-time='24000' data-end-time='34271'>Experts believe it will be more widely used than the two rotavirus vaccines now given to children.</span> <span data-start-time='34271' data-end-time='43688'>The new vaccine is important because rotavirus is a serious illness that can lead to death.</span> <span data-start-time='43688' data-end-time='51292'>Rotavirus causes a severe infection of the gastro-intestinal tract.</span> <span data-start-time='51292' data-end-time='62354'>It kills more than 215,000 children each year -- about 600 a day.</span> <span data-start-time='62354' data-end-time='67792'>Two vaccines against rotavirus are already available.</span> <span data-start-time='67792' data-end-time='72917'>However, they are costly and difficult to use.</span> <span data-start-time='72917' data-end-time='76438'>They must also be kept cold.</span> <span data-start-time='76438' data-end-time='87354'>In many African countries where people suffer from rotavirus, refrigeration and electricity are unreliable.</span> <span data-start-time='87354' data-end-time='95042'>As a result, the existing rotavirus vaccines are not widely used.</span> <span data-start-time='95042' data-end-time='104354'>Researchers have been working on a new vaccine for rotavirus called BRV-PV.</span> <span data-start-time='104354' data-end-time='111188'>They recently tested the vaccine with young children in Niger.</span> <span data-start-time='111188' data-end-time='121313'>Researchers gave 1,780 babies the BRV-PV vaccine.</span> <span data-start-time='121313' data-end-time='127750'>Only 31 cases of rotavirus developed in those babies.</span> <span data-start-time='127750' data-end-time='141646'>In contrast, 87 cases of rotavirus developed among the babies who received a treatment but did not get the real medicine.</span> <span data-start-time='141646' data-end-time='146854'>In other words, those babies were given a placebo.</span> <span data-start-time='146854' data-end-time='158542'>The researchers say the clinical trial shows that BRV-PV was nearly 67 percent effective.</span> <span data-start-time='158542' data-end-time='163896'>The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1770/rota_vac.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8369 data-hint-location='146854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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