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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment

a person holding a baby as a medical worker administers a vaccine
Merle Galicio holds his daughter, Jaya Galicio, nine months, as she gets an RSV shot in Long Beach, California, in November 2005. Photograph: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images

New vaccines and treatments are linked to a dramatic decline in RSV hospitalizations for babies, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This past winter was the first RSV season with widespread availability of a vaccine given during pregnancy and a monoclonal antibody treatment given in the first eight months of life to prevent RSV (respiratory syncytial virus).

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