New Vaccine for Children
All babies are to be vaccinated against a highly infectious bug that is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea in children.
New diarrhoea vaccine for children
The number of cases of a highly infectious vomiting bug which affects children under five, are up by a third on last year.
The rise in cases of rotavirus is believed to be related to the early cold snap. But children in the West Country will soon benefit from a new vaccination programme that's been announced by the department of health. Daisy Gray reports.
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