Effective RSV vaccine could be ready by fall 2023

HeathWatch: Potential RSV vaccine coming; benefits of emotional support cats

BOSTON -- As RSV cases surge among children in New England, there could be hope on the horizon.

RSV is a common respiratory virus that causes typical cold symptoms in most kids and adults but it can be deadly. In recent weeks, it has left some babies gasping for air and landed many young children and even seniors in the hospital.

We may have one or more effective vaccines against RSV by this time next year, according to CNN.

The first ones up for FDA review are designed for seniors and pregnant women, but vaccines for children may not be too far behind, with one developed by NIH already in clinical trials.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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