The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the world’s first RSV vaccine: a shot for adults ages 60 and up, made by pharmaceutical giant GSK.
The milestone was decades in the making. Researchers first attempted to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus roughly 60 years ago.
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In a late-stage clinical trial, the single-dose shot lowered the risk of symptomatic illness by 83% and of severe illness by 94%.