FDA Panel Votes to Approve RSV Vaccine to Protect Infants
Photo: Gety Images An advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday in favor of recommending a vaccine to protect infants from RSV, orRespiratory Syncytial Virus. The illness is common and is the typical cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in kids under 1 years old. “This is great news for kids and moms everywhere in the U.S.,” said Dr. David Kim, director of the Division of Vaccines at the Office of Infectious Disease in the US Department of Health and Human Services....