http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Studies in Asia and Africa have shown that a rotavirus vaccine is safe and effective in preventing severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (severe RVG), which is responsible for more than half a million child deaths worldwide. The authors of these two studies, published Online First in The Lancet, have now added their voices to those of WHO and other international experts, calling for the roll-out of the vaccine across both continents. http://phys.org/news200226058.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:30:02 EST news200226058 Sub-Saharan Africa has only 11% of the world's population, yet more than half of the world's maternal, newborn and child deaths, and two-thirds of the world's AIDS deaths. New data reveal that the pace of mortality reduction is accelerating. With only 5 years remaining before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be met, urgent action in countries is needed — not global statistics and competitions over estimates. http://phys.org/news196402645.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:20:38 EST news196402645 (PhysOrg.com) -- Worldwide mortality in children younger than 5 years has dropped from 11.9 million deaths in 1990 to 7.7 million deaths in 2010, a rate of decline that is faster than expected, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. http://phys.org/news194021940.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 May 2010 16:20:01 EST news194021940 Widespread global use of known and proven maternal and childcare techniques, practices, and therapies could save the lives of millions of women, newborns and children each year, according to a new analysis prepared for a mid-April meeting of world leaders and technical experts on maternal and child health. The meeting is being held to focus attention on this toll and develop a plan of action to reduce it. http://phys.org/news190384088.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:28:30 EST news190384088 Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal and newborn care, leading aid agency World Vision said today. Currently, 8.8 million children a year die before age five, most of preventable causes. http://phys.org/news177597101.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:10:04 EST news177597101 (AP) -- As the swine flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials note a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple of weeks. http://phys.org/news174916185.html Medicine & Health Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:14:08 EST news174916185 (AP) -- More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study. http://phys.org/news174110062.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:55:20 EST news174110062 The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday. http://phys.org/news159521415.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:39:18 EST news159521415 An international team of health researchers, writing in this week's PLoS Medicine, says that the number one research priority for reducing childhood deaths from diarrhoea is to find ways to improve the acceptability and effectiveness of oral rehydration solution (ORS). http://phys.org/news155886401.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:47:54 EST news155886401