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FDA approves antibody to protect infants from RSV

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Updated 2:42 PM EDT, Mon July 17, 2023

Mom tells how infant son fought for his life because of RSV infection.

(CNN) — This fall, parents and pediatricians will have a new option to protect babies from a lung-attacking virus that is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants under a year old in the United States every year.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved nirsevimab to protect newborns from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, on Monday.

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