Approved by the FDA in August 2023, the vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of RSV hospitalization by 57% for infants in the first 6 months after birth. The CDC recommends seasonal administration of 1 dose of the vaccine forpregnant people during weeks 32 through36 of pregnancy. The...
"We have more tools than ever before and we have vaccines for all three major fall and winter respiratory viruses again. COVID, flu and for the first time we have an RSV vaccine for older adults and an RSV immunization for our infants," she said. The new drug, called Beyfortus, uses ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its RSV vaccine guidance for seniors for this upcoming respiratory viral season, saying the new recommendations are meant to simplify decision-making for patients and clinicians. The new guidan
Vaccine makers are still studying when seniors might need to come back for a booster dose of RSV vaccine in the coming years. They also have yet to decide on a final price, further complicating broader recommendations. GSK said their vaccine could be priced between $200 and $295 per dose, ...
The company's single-dose vaccine is the first RSV treatment to use maternal immunization: Expectant mothers get vaccinated with the shot, which triggers antibodies that are passed to the fetus. That provides infants with protection against the virus from birth through the first six months of ...
Studies of concomitant administration of Covid and RSV vaccines are still underway. A study that GSK conducted giving RSV vaccine at the same time as high-dose flu vaccine — a formulation recommended for older adults — showed the response generated against influenza as “non-inferior” to what...
Levels of flu remain largely low in most parts of the country, the CDCsays, but have begun to climb in some jurisdictions. Some labs have also started to report increasing positive tests of RSV in patients, especiallyin the Southeast. ...
In some parts of the country — Alaska, parts of Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam — RSV can circulate year round. The seasonal rule for use of the vaccine would not apply in these areas. Until this year, there have been no tools with which to prevent...
"It's a monoclonal antibody directed at RSV. Kids will get it in a one time injection administration sometime during their first Winter," Dr. Holland said. Holland said the medication is very safe and effective. While it's a year too late for the Aiello twins, their mother strongly encou...
t have enough data with which to make such a recommendation. Earlier this month the Food and Drug Administration approved use of the GSK vaccine to include adults in their 50s at high risk of developing severe disease if they contract respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. When it was initially...