How effective is the RSV vaccine during pregnancy and how does it work?

Health & Lifestyle
426

Listen to article (english)

Translate to Spanish or other 102 languages!

How safe and effective is the RSV vaccine during pregnancy? Image for illustration purposes
How safe and effective is the RSV vaccine during pregnancy? Image for illustration purposes

Medical News Today

- Advertisement -
  • RSV is a respiratory virus affecting about 64 million people around the world each year. 
  • While RSV symptoms may only feel like a common cold to adults and older children, it can be much more serious in older adults, babies, and young children. 
  • About 1.4 million children ages 0 to 6 months are hospitalized from RSV each year.
  • The CDC and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists both recommend pregnant people receive an RSV vaccine to help immunize their babies from the disease before they are born. 

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a respiratory virus causing infection in the lungs, nose, and throat.

Follow the link below to Medical News Today to read the full Story: 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-safe-effective-is-rsv-vaccine-during-pregnancy

- Advertisement -

Information Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com

- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -

Latest news

- Advertisement -
Previous article
Oral Health’s Influence on Subjective Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults
Next article
Dr. Jose L. Almeda’s Pioneering Work in Liver Transplantation

More Articles

New Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Up 3% as Early Detection Key to Better Outcomes

This September, the American Cancer Society encourages men to talk with their doctor about their personal risk for prostate cancer and whether screening is right for them.

Red Flags That Memory Loss May Be Serious

Everyone forgets things from time to time, but when could it be a sign of something more serious.

Understanding the PREVENT Calculator and Your Heart Health Risk

We often think about heart disease as something that suddenly happens, like a heart attack, that requires a trip to the emergency room. In reality, cardiovascular disease often develops silently over years or even decades before symptoms appear

Study: Supplement Plus Chemo Boosts Pancreatic Cancer Survival

L-glutamine, an amino acid that occurs naturally in the body and plays an important role in digestion, has been studied as a potential way to ease side effects in other cancers.
- Advertisement -