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Public shows greater acceptance of RSV vaccine as vaccine hesitancy appears to have plateaued

Written by | 31 Dec 2024

A year after becoming available, vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, according to a new […]

RSV vaccines effective, but more people need to get them

Written by | 31 Oct 2024

Since their introduction last year, researchers have been monitoring the real-world impact of the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines. In a recent commentary in The Lancet, Angela Branche, MD, […]

Only 9 percent of older Americans were vaccinated against RSV before the disease hit this fall and winter

Written by | 10 Mar 2024

A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that only 9 percent of older Americans had been vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prior to this fall and winter, […]

RSV vaccines would greatly reduce illness if implemented like flu shots

Written by | 5 Jan 2024

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines recently approved for people 60 and older would dramatically reduce the disease’s significant burden of illness and death in the United States if […]

First RSV vaccine to protect infants and older adults

Written by | 7 Sep 2023

EU medicines regulators have approved a vaccine to protect against disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Abrysvo is the first RSV vaccine indicated for passive immunisation […]

Infant deaths from RSV are much higher than previously known

Written by | 4 Feb 2022

Nearly one in ten of all deceased infants under 6 months old were infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus. A new study found that nearly one in ten of […]

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