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Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University

Is there a vaccine for RSV or respiratory syncytial virus? After almost 60 years, several come at once

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You might not have heard of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. But it caused more than 100,000 global deaths in 2019, making it a leading cause of death in children under one year old.

In Australia, child deaths are thankfully rare. But infection sends thousands to hospital each year, particularly babies and young children.

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