Approximately 80 Percent Protection May be Provided by RSV Vaccine Against Severe Disease and Death: Study Suggests
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A multi-state study, published in The Lancet, is one of the first real world data analyses of the effectiveness of the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine. VISION Network researchers report that across the board these vaccines were highly effective in older adults, even those with immunocompromising conditions, during the 2023-24 respiratory disease season, the first season after respiratory syncytial virus vaccine approval in the U.S.
respiratory syncytial virus vaccination provided approximately 80 percent protection against severe disease and hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit admission and death due to a respiratory infection as well as similar protection against less severe disease in adults who visited an emergency department but did not require hospitalization, ages 60 and older. Of this population, those ages 75 and older -- were at highest risk of severe disease and were the most likely to be hospitalized.
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