While most cases are mild, it can lead to bronchiolitis and pneumonia in babies and usually hundreds are hospitalised every year.

CHILDREN UP TO six months old will be provided with an Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine as part of an expanded ...

RSV immunisations will be available to newborns and babies aged up to six months old and the programme will run over the winter, the Minister for Health has said.

A new vaccine has shown encouraging early results in patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer, according to a clinical ...

The number of cases of a potentially fatal respiratory infection decreased by about 65 per cent last year following the introduction of a newborn vaccination programme. Respiratory syncytial virus ...

With the approach of fall likely bringing the usual uptick in respiratory illness, the provincial government is boosting its range of protections against RSV, with free vaccines available for more ...

RSV usually only has mild symptoms, but it can lead to breathing problems in the most vulnerable infants. The vaccine is ...

The presence of more comorbidities was linked to longer hospital stays and worse clinical outcomes among patients with RSV-, influenza-, and hMPV-related pneumonia.

Manitoba plans to update its RSV immunization program, but the province is not committing to following the majority of Canada ...

The New York State Department of Health has updated a standing order, allowing pharmacists to administer the respiratory ...

In babies, RSV is a common cause of a type of chest infection called bronchiolitis. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency published data showing the efficacy of the vaccine. It said that the jab ...

RSV infections of the lungs and airways send up to 160,000 older adults to the hospital each year, at an annual cost of more than $1.3 billion, according to the Michigan Medicine report.