The eight new ACIP members met for the first time June 25 after Kennedy fired all 17 original members of the committee June 9 ...

A new antibody shot that protects babies against RSV infection could be struggling to gain traction, Philadelphia researchers ...

Currently, RSV vaccines are recommended for pregnant women between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy to pass on protection to a ...

Federal vaccine advisors on Thursday recommended Merck's new RSV antibody shot for infants younger than eight months old in their first respiratory virus season, if their mother didn't receive a ...

The votes in favor of Merck’s shot are a sigh of relief after Kennedy gutted the panel and tapped replacements, some of whom are well-known vaccine critics.

A newly configured federal vaccine panel's June 25 action is expected to improve options to protect infants from potentially deadly RSV.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend Americans receive seasonal influenza shots that are free from the mercury-based ...

Importantly, Merck's new product is not a vaccine, but rather an antibody used prophylactically to help protect against RSV. While ACIP recommendations are generally rubber-stamped, they can be ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck's preventive antibody shot to protect infants up to one year of age from respiratory syncytial virus during their first RSV season ...

Merck's shot will compete against a similar blockbuster treatment from Sanofi and AstraZeneca called Beyfortus, which was in short supply nationwide during the 2023 RSV season due to unprecedented ...

(CNN) — A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that Americans receive influenza vaccines that are free of ...