Tag: bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis: preventive treatment for babies available from mid-September
A preventive treatment for bronchiolitis intended for newborns, Beyfortus (Sanofi / AstraZeneca), will be available “from mid-September” in health establishments and, on order, in pharmacies, indicated this Friday, August 25,…
Bronchiolitis in babies: the United States authorizes a vaccine for pregnant women
It’s a first. The American health authorities have authorized, this Monday, August 22, a vaccine administered to pregnant women with the aim of protecting babies against bronchiolitis, a potentially dangerous…
a first preventive treatment against bronchiolitis authorized in France
A first preventive treatment against bronchiolitis has been authorized in France… After the European Medicines Agency a year ago and the American agency last month, the High Authority for Health…
Bronchiolitis: a first vaccine for infants approved in Europe
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorized for the first time, on Friday July 21, a vaccine intended to protect both people aged 60 and over, and infants against the RSV…
Bronchiolitis vaccine: green light for GSK from the European Commission
British pharmaceutical giant GSK has received the green light from the European Commission to sell its Arexvy vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes bronchiolitis, which kills thousands…
Bronchiolitis: the beginning of the end? By Prof. Alain Fischer
Everyone remembers that last November an influx of infants suffering from acute bronchiolitis, up to 8,500 per week, of which a third required hospitalization, caused very great strain on hospital…
Bronchiolitis: what we know about future vaccines and treatments
Fever, cough, sneezing… The symptoms resemble those of the flu or Covid-19. But unlike these two diseases, no vaccine is yet available against bronchiolitis. This bronchial infection is often due…
Bronchiolitis in the elderly: the prospect of a messenger RNA vaccine
And one more success on the horizon for messenger RNA. This Tuesday, January 17, the American biotech Moderna announced that its vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), responsible for…
Flu, Covid, bronchiolitis… Why ventilation is still too neglected
Before the emergence of modern medicine, disease transmission was explained by miasmas. With the work of Louis Pasteur and other hygienists, this thesis of “bad air” will gradually become synonymous…
Bronchiolitis: after children, should we fear a wave in adults?
The 2022-2023 infant bronchiolitis season has started fast and strong. This is evidenced by the frantic pace of arrivals of young patients at the hospital: 7,000 visits to the emergency…