A person infected with RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. However, some infants and people with weakened immune systems can continue to spread the virus for as long as four weeks, even after their symptoms go away, according to the CDC. Virtually all children get an RSV inf...
"We're hoping it's going to really cut down in hospitalizations, as well as complications like pneumonia or even death," said Shu, who added that in Georgia, cases are still rising and she is almost out of shots. Parts of the southern U.S. have been seeing a rise in RSV tr...
families can take steps to minimize its effects this holiday season. Experts say avoiding people who are sick, good handwashing, getting preventive shots and breastfeeding all minimize the risk of severe complications from RSV for babies.
The vote will be a key step towards including the antibody drug in the federal Vaccines for Children program in order to cover the shots for uninsured babies, as well as triggering federal requirements governing what private insurers must cover. A Sanofi spokesperson said the company plans to lau...
MORE: Michigan children's hospital says it's 100% full due to RSV surge However, this season there will be protection against RSV offered to many Americans for the first time ever. Firstly,adults over 60 will be able to get vaccinated. Similar to flu shots, the vaccines...
When that happened last year, emergency departments across the country filled up and young patients strained children’s hospitals. RSV can be dangerous, even deadly, for infants and older adults. New RSV shotsare available for babies and adults over 60. ...
Children who are receivingflu vaccinefor the first time need two shots a month apart, he said. It makes sense to start them early. Kullar and Gluckman wondered whether older adults who get shots early might need a second dose later in the year. "It's probably prudent at least for higher...
Parents of young babies are anxiously waiting to find out how and where they’ll be able to get their children shots of Sanofi’s new monoclonal antibody that protects against RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. People who are late in, or approaching the late stages of their pregnancies and...
be higher than that of the vaccine — perhaps substantially so. That has raised concerns about whether the product will be covered by the Vaccines for Children program. If it was not added to the VFC program, children from low-income households are unlikely to be able to get these shot...
The shots have been hailed as a game changer for RSV, an illness that crowds pediatric wards in fall and winter and causes tens of thousands of young children in the U.S. to be hospitalized annually. The virus can sicken otherwise healthy infants and cause pneumonia and inflammation of the...