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Our helpful RSV Protection Guide can be tailored to your baby's individual risk factors. We have specific information for high-risk babies.

RSV: Help protect your baby

Each year, an estimated 125,000 infants in the United States are hospitalized with severe RSV, the leading cause of infant hospitalization.1-5 Severe RSV infections may cause up to 500 infant deaths annually in the United States.6 Premature babies or those with lung or heart problems have an especially high risk. Learn about these and other factors that increase a baby's risk for severe RSV.

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References

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