Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over US: Doctors urge vaccination
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A wave of the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus is beginning to wash over the United ...
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Meta-analysis of COVID, RSV, flu vaccines for fall provides ‘sea of data’ showing efficacy, safety
The team found that XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 mRNA vaccines had a pooled vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization of 46% to 50% ...
RSV vaccines are safe and effective, review finds
Transmission electron micrograph of RSV. Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer / Public Domain A new Cochrane review demonstrates that vaccines ...
Study: Risk of RSV not heightened in kids with recent COVID infections
Pediatric hospitals across the United States saw a surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the summer of 2021 and ...
Merck RSV Drug for Infants Wins FDA Nod, But CDC Committee That Will Advise on Its Use is Gutted
A Merck drug developed to prevent disease from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants has won FDA approval, introducing competition ...
Trial shows waning efficacy of RSV vaccine across 3 seasons in older adults
A study of the single-dose respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in older adults shows that vaccine efficacy waned across three ...
CDC advisers update recommendations for meningococcal, RSV, chikungunya vaccines
Following a 2-month delay, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, after meetings this week, made ...
US flu still high, COVID low but elevated in some areas, RSV declining, CDC says
US flu activity ebbed a bit but remained high and above the baseline for the 12th straight week last week, ...
Reports describe good maternal RSV vaccine, drug uptake in their first season
A study today in JAMA Network Open from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), shows a high uptake of ...
RSV vaccine prompts robust immune response in older recipients over 2 seasons
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine triggered strong immune responses among people aged 60 years and older during its first ...
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