Pediatric Immunization

Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, presents the background, objectives, and methods of a recent study on the efficacy and safety of nirsevimab for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in late-preterm and term infants.

Flor M. Munoz, MD, MSc, and Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, discuss the prevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and prior preventative gaps. They also discuss the recent FDA-approval of nirsevimab for late-preterm and term infants.

Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, and Flor M. Munoz, MD, MSc, introduce the objectives of their discussion and background information on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and nirsevimab.

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The ACIP was unanimous in its recommendation for routine use of nirsevimab-alip to prevent RSV LRTD in newborns and young infants during their first RSV season.

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Nirsevimab won unanimous support from the FDA AMDAC on the vaccine's positive benefit/risk profile to prevent RSV in newborns and infants in their first RSV season.

The influenza vaccine may offer a protective effect against hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus in young children, suggest data from Australia.

Nirsevimab, a long-acting monoclonal antibody, if approved, will be indicated to prevent RSV LRTD in neonates and infants born during or entering into their first RSV season.

The Pfizer vaccine RSVpreF administered to pregnant people was judged by the advisory committee to be effective at preventing RSV in infants from birth to 6 months.

The 5-in-1 vaccine candidate, if approved, would provide the broadest meningococcal serogroup coverage and simplify the vaccination schedule.

The FDA authorized Pfizer's bivalent vaccine as a booster dose for children aged under 5 years who received 3 doses of monovalent vaccine.

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AAFP president Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, urges gentle but persistent efforts among all clinicians to get school-aged children back on vaccination track.

The Kaiser Family Foundation survey found a 10% drop in the proportion of adults who say MMR vaccination should be required for school attendance, and other "halo" effects.

Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, converts the 93% immunization rate for US kindergarteners into raw numbers of children now vulnerable to vaccine-preventable disease.

If approved, nirsevimab would be the first single-dose RSV preventative option for the broad newborn and infant population in the US.

A new study points to the Pfizer shot's initially limited protection against the COVID-19 Omicron variant in those aged 5-11 years and also the the value of vaccine boosters.

The FDA amended Pfizer and Moderna EUAs for updated COVID-19 vaccines to include children as young as age 6 months as holidays and winter weather approach.

Pfizer and BioNTech submitted an application to the FDA for emergency use authorization of their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 6 months to 4 years.

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