CDC: Rare Neurological Disorder ‘More Common Than Expected’ After RSV Vaccine

It impacts older adults who get the shot, the CDC says.
CDC: Rare Neurological Disorder ‘More Common Than Expected’ After RSV Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week said that reports of a nervous system disorder known as Guillain-Barre syndrome are “more common than expected” in older adults who got new RSV vaccines.

On Thursday, the agency said that the elevated reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome, of GBS, “are consistent with those from trials,” and it echoes a similar report published by the CDC earlier this year.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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