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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season

ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.

RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening in the very young and the elderly.

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