{"id":23321,"date":"2025-06-26T11:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/?p=23321"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:30:51","slug":"cdc-vaccine-advisers-recommend-mercks-rsv-therapy-for-babies-stat-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2025\/cdc-vaccine-advisers-recommend-mercks-rsv-therapy-for-babies-stat-news\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Vaccine Advisers Recommend Merck&#8217;s RSV Therapy for Babies \u2014 <em>STAT News<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/06\/26\/cdc-acip-merck-rsv-monoclonal-antibody-enflonsia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read article<\/em><\/a> - Cody Meissner, MD, a professor of pediatrics at Geisel, is quoted in an article about the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vote to recommend the use of a new monoclonal antibody against RSV in babies. The vote was the first for the new members of the committee, who were handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. \"These are truly remarkable products. They are safe and they are effective,\" said Meissner. (Similar coverage in <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/dartmouth.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e2de137c4974374fa3c312663&amp;id=fd62af6596&amp;e=0eb4aae38e. 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The vote was the first for the new members of the committee, who were handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. &#8220;These are truly remarkable products. They are safe and they are effective,&#8221; said Meissner. (Similar coverage in <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/dartmouth.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e2de137c4974374fa3c312663&amp;id=fd62af6596&amp;e=0eb4aae38e. 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