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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nick Forbes

RSV jab in pregnancy can ‘significantly’ cut baby’s infection risk, study says

Vaccinating pregnant women against a virus that causes coughs and colds can “significantly” reduce the risk their babies will be hospitalised, scientists’ studies have found.

A team of researchers co-led by the University of Edinburgh said giving pregnant women the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine led to a 72 per cent reduction in babies being hospitalised with a serious lung infection, scientists have found.

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