Immunology
Q&A: Why are children most affected by this year's cold and flu season?
The 2023 flu season is shaping up to be like the influenza season of 2019—the largest on record in Australia.
Jul 19, 2023
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Medications
FDA approves new drug to protect against RSV in infants
Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common germ that hospitalizes as many as 3% of children under the age of 1 in the United States each year.
Jul 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests need for more fluid policy on RSV prophylactic availability to children
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surges in young children occurred outside the usual November to March season, when immune-based prophylactic is available to protect children at high ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A pneumonia-causing bug disappeared during the pandemic, but a surge may come this winter
After pandemic restrictions eased, cases of respiratory infections surged worldwide. There were record numbers of people infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), flu and even strep A.
Jul 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes
Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
CDC gives full approval to RSV vaccine for people over 60
Americans ages 60 and up can get their vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this fall, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.
Jul 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australia is in another COVID wave, but it's not like the others
Each omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features—the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people with BA.5, ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Pediatrics
FDA panel backs RSV vaccine for infants, some toddlers
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve an RSV vaccine for infants and some toddlers.
Jun 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU approves first vaccine against common respiratory virus
The European Commission has followed the United States in approving the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, to be used by adults aged 60 and over, its maker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday.
Jun 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US approves second RSV vaccine
The US drug regulator approved a second vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), its American developer Pfizer said Wednesday, a month after the authorization of the first shot against the pathogen, a leading cause ...
Jun 1, 2023
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