Nicoletta Lanese is the health channel editor at Live Science and was previously a news editor and staff writer at the site. She holds a graduate certificate in science communication from UC Santa Cruz and degrees in neuroscience and dance from the University of Florida.
A new RSV drug designed to protect young children was 93% effective at preventing hospitalization for the viral disease, a new study reports. Furthermore, the drug was 89% effective at preventing all types of doctor visits for RSV, which is short for"respiratory syncytial virus."
Ultimately, the findings suggest that nirsevimab could have a"substantial public health impact" in future RSV seasons if the drug were used more widely, they concluded.Before nirsevimab's approval in 2023, there were no widespread strategies for preventing RSV in infants, for whom the virus is the leading cause of hospitalization.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.To see how well nirsevimab is working in the real world, the study's authors compared three RSV seasons before the drug's approval to the 2023-2024 season, after its approval. The three pre-approval seasons spanned 2017 to 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted typical patterns of RSV spread.
In all, the new study included data from nearly 28,700 children under age 5 who required medical care for a respiratory infection during RSV season. The children had been treated at seven academic pediatric medical centers, and they needed different levels of care, ranging from outpatient doctor visits to hospitalization.
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