Adults 65 and older hospitalized for RSV had higher rates of poor outcomes like heart conditions, ICU admission, and 30-day mortality.
Among adults with RSV pneumonia, dementia was tied to the highest odds for ICU admission.
India has now reported 6 Nipah virus cases in the past year, all in the hot spot area in Kerala state.
Second-season hospitalization rates among kids with Down syndrome or those who were born prematurely were fivefold higher than for all children in the first season.
The April RSV, meningococcal, and chikungunya vaccine recommendations from the previous ACIP panel are now official policy.
Compared with flu vaccine recipients, those given the RSV and/or shingles vaccine had 18% to 37% lower odds of receiving a dementia diagnosis in the next 18 months.
ACIP's chair signaled that new work groups will take up 2 new topics: cumulative vaccine doses in children and impacts from established vaccines, including hepatitis B in infants.
Secondary bacterial pneumonia rates were significantly higher in the RSV group.
The group is expected to vote on thimerosal, despite no evidence of harm, and will discuss the MMRV use in young children.
The FDA approved mResvia for the prevention of RSV in people ages 18 to 59 years who are at increased risk for severe disease.
