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Yorkshire and Humber LCRN health care providers join forces to advance RSV protection in babies

Six Investigator Sites in Yorkshire and Humber LCRN (including Barnsley Hospital) joined efforts with over 100 other Investigator Teams in the UK to provide local parents with opportunity to participate in the HARMONIE research project aiming to advance RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) protection in children under 12 months old.

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A newborn baby holds onto an adult finger

The HARMONIE study looked at how strongly babies were protected from serious illness due to RSV infection, by giving them a single dose of nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody immunisation. Nirsevimab is a new vaccine recently approved by both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). 

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