Late-stage trials show efficacy of Moderna's RSV vaccine in older adults

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The experimental mRNA vaccine is about 84 percent effective against the sometimes-deadly virus.

was 83.7 percent effective at preventing at least two symptoms, such as cough and fever, in adults 60 and older.

“RSV significantly affects the health of older and high-risk adults, particularly those with comorbidities,” Abdullah Baqui, a principal investigator for the study sites in Bangladesh and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said . “This trial will help to understand the role of severe acute respiratory infections in older adult populations and inform the future implementation of vaccines in adults in lower-resource areas.”The study was conducted in roughly 37,000 participants age 60 and older and the data analysis was performed after 64 of the participants contracted the virus.

“Today’s results represent an important step forward in preventing lower respiratory disease due to RSV in adults 60 years of age and older. These data are encouraging, and represent the second demonstration of positive phase 3 trial results from our mRNA infectious disease vaccine platform after, Spikevax, our COVID-19 vaccine.

 

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Only against cough and fever. Nyquil Cold and Flu is almost 100% effective against these two symptoms. Lol. What an incredibly misleading title.

Please do keep recommending a dangerous gene-modifying vaccine for a 'sometimes deadly' virus

Keyword 'sometimes'.

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