January 1999
Science Triumphs, Market Fails
A new vaccine will guard American children agains rotavirus. But much of the world will be unable to afford the protection. What to do?
By Stephen S. Hall
Rotavirus is a ubiquitous, equal-opportunity pathogen that infects rich children and poor, the hygienically correct and the unspeakably filthy alike. The vast majority of the 130 million children born each year in the world feel its gastrointestinal bite.
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