HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Children with stomach bugs can get dehydrated very quickly, and sometimes need intravenous fluids to stay well.

Reuters - Giving the anti-vomiting drug Zofran to children dehydrated by viral gastroenteritis helps them recover, but emergency room doctors may be overusing the quick-dissolving tablets, according to a study released on Wednesday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a live, oral vaccine -- called RotaTeq -- to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants. It's the only vaccine approved in the United States that can help protect against rotavirus, a viral infection that may cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a live, oral vaccine -- called RotaTeq -- to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants. It's the only vaccine approved in the United States that can help protect against rotavirus, a viral infection that may cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration.

AP - A new vaccine that protects infants from rotavirus, which causes diarrhea and dehydration and leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths a year in developing countries, received federal approval Friday.