The CDC’s ACIP voted to change its RSV vaccination recommendation to a risk-based recommendation for the oldest adult population and those at high risk for severe disease.Image: Adobe Stock. The votes supplant a weaker recommendation made by the CDC last year that said people aged 6...
"That's a notch below their full-throated recommendation that often says these individuals should receive a vaccine in that age group, but it reflects a bit of the uncertainties about the vaccine, the concern about the cost of the vaccines," he continued. Why the vaccine cou...
Along with considering the vaccination administration year-round as a 1-time dose, ACIP’s recommendation of “shared decision-making” is a note of import for pharmacists, as ACIP is clear in its recommendations that a long list of patient-specific at-risk conditions and circumstances can guide...
In May 2023, the FDA approved ABRYSVO for the prevention of LRTD caused by RSV in individuals 60 years of age or older. In June 2024, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to update its recommendation of RSV vaccines for use in ad...
Factors associated with RSV vaccination intention and uptake included perceived vaccine effectiveness (aPR: 19.47, 95% CI: 5.82, 65.12; aRR 3.06, 95% CI: 1.70, 5.51) and a provider recommendation (aPR: 8.04, 95% CI: 4.23, 15.29; aRR 3.30, 95% CI: 1.99, 5.48). Among those not ...
Respiratory syncytial virus is a very common and contagious virus that infects the respiratory track of most children before 1-2 years of age. RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia. It also causes respiratory illness in adults, and it can occasionally cause serious infection...
meet the criteria in the above recommendation also may benefit from RSV prophylaxis. Infants born at 28 weeks of gestation or earlier may benefit from prophylaxis up to 12 months of age. Infants born at 29 to 32 weeks of gestation may benefit most from prophylaxis up to 6 months of age. ...
The CDC panel's recommendation of Pfizer's maternal vaccine was based on data from a phase three trial on nearly 7,400 participants. But mothers received the shot 24 to 36 weeks into their pregnancy in the trial, which is a wider period than the approved dosing time frame. ...
perhaps people aged 75 and older. That would be the equivalent of CDC declaring, “These people should all get vaccinated.” In that scenario, the recommendation for people younger than that group would be based on individual risk, so would still require a recommendation from a h...
This systematic literature review aimed to summarize the epide- miological and economic burden estimates of RSV infection at any age in Germany. Methods We conducted a systematic literature search to identify full-text articles published from 2003 to 2023 and reporting ...