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Maternal RSV vaccine cuts newborn ICU admissions in half

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Good news! In the UK, only 63 infants were admitted to intensive care with RSV infection last winter, which is down from 131 the year before. Same 20 hospitals, same surveillance system. The UK Health Security Agency published its first full-year results on the maternal RSV vaccination program on […] Maternal RSV vaccine cuts newborn ICU admissions in half first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

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