CDC recommends RSV vaccine for older adults who would benefit
As proposed by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended a single dose of the GSK or Pfizer Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine for people aged 60 and older who decide with their health care provider that the vaccine would benefit them. The Food and Drug Administration last month approved the vaccines for use in individuals 60 and older. The first U.S.-licensed vaccines to protect against RSV, they are expected to be available this fall.
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