Infants should get a new drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year, heath advisers recommended Thursday.
FILE - This illustration provided by AstraZeneca depicts packaging for their medication Beyfortus. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, a panel of outside advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that babies get the drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.
An infection with RSV is a coldlike nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening for the very young and the elderly. There are no vaccines for babies yet so the, a lab-made antibody that helps the immune system fight off the virus, is expected to fill a critical need.
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